- Ruhakana Rugunda
Ruhakana Rugunda (born
November 7 ,1947 ) is theUganda n Minister of Internal Affairs and theMember of Parliament for Kabale Municipality.Rugunda was born in
Kabale District . He attended Kigezi High School and Busoga College before joiningMakerere University and later theUniversity of Zambia where he qualified in Medicine. He later studied at theUniversity of California, Berkeley and obtained a Masters Degree in Public Health.Before joining Ugandan politics, Rugunda worked as Medical Officer in Zambia, as a Physician at
Washington DC General Hospital , and atKenyatta National Hospital inNairobi ,Kenya .He has formerly held the positions of Minister of Health; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Information; Minister of Works, Transport and Communication; Commissioner for Animal Industry, Game and Fisheries, as well as President of the Governing Councilof the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).In July 2006, Rugunda led a Ugandan government negotiating team to
Juba, Sudan to hold peace talks with theLord's Resistance Army .References
* [http://www.chez.com/vipsgov/uganda.htm Vips Governments - Uganda]
* [http://www.unep.org/gc/gc22/GC_profiles.asp UNEP Governing Council 22nd Session - Highlights: GC Profiles]
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