Yoweri Museveni

ABOUT YOWERI MUSEVENI

He became the 8th President of Uganda in 1986 and was praised by the west, until he invaded the Congo during it's second major war.

He was a Marxist. He majored in economics at the University of Dar es Salaam.

His last name means 'Son of a man of the Seventh,' which refers to a British army that many Ugandans served in during World War II.

He raised four children with his wife Janet Kataha.

Sudanese vice-president John Garang died while riding in one of his helicopters.