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|goals = Remain President of Uganda for as long as possible (failed) Turn Uganda into a fully Islamic country (failed, but Uganda did become part of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation later on.)

|crimes = Human rights violations Political repression [[Ethnic cleansing]] Extrajudicial killings Nepotism Gross economic mismanagement [[Cannibalism]] [[Genocide]] [[Torture]] [[War crimes]] [[Crimes against humanity]]

|type of villain = Tyrant

|type of villain = Insane Wrathfull Tyrant

}}

{{Quote|In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.|Idi Amin}}

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Having learned that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup on 25 January 1971, while Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore. Troops loyal to Amin sealed off Entebbe International Airport and took Kampala. Soldiers surrounded Obote's residence and blocked major roads. A broadcast on Radio Uganda accused Obote's government of corruption and preferential treatment of the Lango region. Cheering crowds were reported in the streets of Kampala after the radio broadcast. Amin formally declared himself President of Uganda a week later, suspending certain provisions of the Ugandan constitution, and soon instituted an Advisory Defence Council composed of military officers with himself as the chairman. Amin placed military tribunals above the system of civil law, appointed soldiers to top government posts and parastatal agencies, and informed the newly inducted civilian cabinet ministers that they would be subject to military discipline.

One day, enraged, Amin personally telephoned Benedict Kiwanuka about his position in the country's affairs. But the lawyer did not flinch.

He did not want to follow Amin's tyranny and ignore the law. They even insisted that if he did not follow, they would kill him. But he was a committed man. He knew what was right. And knowing that he would not have been killed if he supported Amin, he knew that he could not do so because of his democratic principles.

During his years in power, Amin shifted in allegiance from being a pro-Western ruler enjoying considerable Israeli support, to being backed by Libya's [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Zaire's [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], the Soviet Union and East Germany. His alienation of Israel could possibly be attributed to the ancient feud between Islam and Judaism (Amin was a Muslim.) He became increasingly [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semetic]] as his rule continued, expelling all Israeli military advisors from Uganda in 1972. He also sent a telegram to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir praising [[Adolf Hitler]] and essentially saying that [[the Holocaust]] deserved to happen because Jews were untrustworthy.

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 |goals = Remain President of Uganda for as long as possible (failed)<br>Turn Uganda into a fully Islamic country (failed, but Uganda did become part of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation later on.)
 |crimes = Human rights violations<br>Political repression<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Extrajudicial killings<br>Nepotism<br>Gross economic mismanagement<br>[[Cannibalism]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]
-|type of villain = Tyrant
+|type of villain = Insane Wrathfull Tyrant
 }}
 {{Quote|In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.|Idi Amin}}
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 Having learned that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup on 25 January 1971, while Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore. Troops loyal to Amin sealed off Entebbe International Airport and took Kampala. Soldiers surrounded Obote's residence and blocked major roads. A broadcast on Radio Uganda accused Obote's government of corruption and preferential treatment of the Lango region. Cheering crowds were reported in the streets of Kampala after the radio broadcast. Amin formally declared himself President of Uganda a week later, suspending certain provisions of the Ugandan constitution, and soon instituted an Advisory Defence Council composed of military officers with himself as the chairman. Amin placed military tribunals above the system of civil law, appointed soldiers to top government posts and parastatal agencies, and informed the newly inducted civilian cabinet ministers that they would be subject to military discipline.
+One day, enraged, Amin personally telephoned Benedict Kiwanuka about his position in the country's affairs. But the lawyer did not flinch.
+He did not want to follow Amin's tyranny and ignore the law. They even insisted that if he did not follow, they would kill him. But he was a committed man. He knew what was right. And knowing that he would not have been killed if he supported Amin, he knew that he could not do so because of his democratic principles.
 During his years in power, Amin shifted in allegiance from being a pro-Western ruler enjoying considerable Israeli support, to being backed by Libya's [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Zaire's [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], the Soviet Union and East Germany. His alienation of Israel could possibly be attributed to the ancient feud between Islam and Judaism (Amin was a Muslim.) He became increasingly [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semetic]] as his rule continued, expelling all Israeli military advisors from Uganda in 1972. He also sent a telegram to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir praising [[Adolf Hitler]] and essentially saying that [[the Holocaust]] deserved to happen because Jews were untrustworthy.