Idi Amin

Known for: Actor
Date of birth: 1925. May 17.
Place of birth: Kampala , Uganda Protectorate

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Idi Amin Dada (c. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ug...