Former Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, 78, has Tuesday evening died.
According to a relative, Nsibambi died at his home in Rubaga, a Kampala suburb.
The deceased held the position of Prime Minister from 1999 to 2011.
Who was Prof. Nsibambi?
Prof. Apolo Robin Nsibambi was born on 25 October 1940. He was the son of Simeon Nsibambi, who together with John E. Church led the Balokole or the “East African Revival” movement. Nsibambi attended King’s College Budo for his high school education. He held a Bachelor of Science degree in economics, with honors, from the Makerere University under London University. He also held a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Chicago in the United States. His Doctor of Philosophy degree was obtained from the University of Nairobi.
Nsibambi served as the dean of Faculty of Social Science at Makerere University from 1978 until 1983 and from 1985 until 1987. He was appointed head of the Department of Political Science at Makerere University in 1987, a position he held until 1990. He was Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research from 1994 to 1996.
Between 1996 and 1998, he served as Minister of Public Service in the Uganda Cabinet. In 1998 he was appointed Minister of Education and Sports, serving in that capacity until 1999 when he was appointed Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament.
Nsibambi also served as the chancellor of Makerere University from 2003 until October 2007.
He married his present wife, Esther, in March 2003 after the death of his first wife, Rhoda, in December 2001. He is the father of four daughters, and the grandfather of at least five grandchildren. He is of the Anglican faith.
