Yusuf Gowon
Yusuf Gowon (born Yusuf Mogi in 1936) is an Ugandan retired military officer who served as chief of staff for the Uganda Army during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. Originally a farmer, Gowon quickly rose in the ranks of the military due to a combination of happenstance and his skills in politics. Compared with other high-ranking officials of Amin's regime, he was regarded as humane; nevertheless, he was probably involved in some political murders. His appointment as chief of staff was mostly owed to the fact that he was regarded by President Amin as loyal, not ambitious, and of no threat to his own rule. Gowon's lack of talent for tactics and strategy came to the fore when the Uganda–Tanzania War broke out in 1978, and his leadership of the Uganda Army during this conflict was extensively c
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Yusuf Gowon
Yusuf Gowon (born Yusuf Mogi in 1936) is an Ugandan retired military officer who served as chief of staff for the Uganda Army during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. Originally a farmer, Gowon quickly rose in the ranks of the military due to a combination of happenstance and his skills in politics. Compared with other high-ranking officials of Amin's regime, he was regarded as humane; nevertheless, he was probably involved in some political murders. His appointment as chief of staff was mostly owed to the fact that he was regarded by President Amin as loyal, not ambitious, and of no threat to his own rule. Gowon's lack of talent for tactics and strategy came to the fore when the Uganda–Tanzania War broke out in 1978, and his leadership of the Uganda Army during this conflict was extensively c
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*1972 invasion of Uganda
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Yusuf Mogi
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Ladonga, West Nile Province, Uganda Protectorate
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"The tractor driver"
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"Amin, I must leave my work. I ...... se Nubians are deceiving you."
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"Some men will themselves to power. Gowon, it seemed, had just happened into it."
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—Mustafa Adrisi begging for President Idi Amin to spare Gowon's life
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—Researcher Andrew Rice about Gowon's rise in the ranks of the Uganda Army
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March 1979
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June 1978
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