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- NAME: Idi Amin
- OCCUPATION: Military Leader, World Leader
- BIRTH DATE: c. 1925
- DEATH DATE: August 16, 2003
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Koboko, Uganda
- PLACE OF DEATH: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Originally: Idi Amin Dada
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Idi Amin was a Ugandan president best known for his brutal regime and crimes against humanity while in power from 1971-1979.
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Idi Amin joined the King's African Rifles in 1946 and soon developed a bad reputation for his treatment of detainees. He staged a military coup in 1971. As President of Uganda, his brutality made many consider him the "Butcher of Uganda."
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Idi Amin Dada, http://www.biography.com/people/idi-amin-9183487 (last visited May 21, 2013).
Idi Amin Dada. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/idi-amin-9183487. Accessed May 21, 2013.
Death
On August 16, 2003, Idi Amin died in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The cause of death was reported to be multiple organ failure. Although the Ugandan government announced that his body could be buried in Uganda, he was quickly buried in Saudi Arabia. He was never tried for gross abuse of human rights.
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