Idi amin biography summary graphic organizer

Idi Amin, the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, was the creator of one of the most brutal authoritarian regimes in Africa. He remained in power for eight years, during which he destroyed over half a million people and led his prosperous country to complete collapse. Amin, with his imposing figure of 125 kilograms and almost two meters tall, was a champion boxer and a physically superior officer in the army. However, he was uneducated and had difficulty reading and writing. Amin's rise to power was a result of tribal conflict that emerged in Uganda in the early years of independence. With forty tribes living in different regions and occupying di