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Crispus Kiyonga
Ugandan politician
Crispus Walter Kiyonga (born 19 September 1952) is a Ugandan medical doctor, politician and career diplomat.
He is the current Chancellor of the Makerere University,[1] the largest public university of Uganda.
Crispus Kiyonga, Minister of Health; Hajat Janat Mukwaya, Minister of Gender, Labor and Development; Dr. Elizabeth Madraa, AIDS/STD Control.
He served as Uganda's Ambassador to China.[2] He previously served as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Uganda from 2006 to 2016.[3]
Prior to that, he was Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the President from 2005 to 2006.
During the cabinet reshuffles of 16 February 2009,[4] 27 May 2011,[5] and 1 March 2015,[6] he retained his cabinet post. In 2016, he lost the Member of Parliament (MP) seat for Bukonjo County West to Robert Katusabe, Kasese District, in the Ugandan Parliament.[7]
Background and education
Kiyonga was born in Kasese District in the Western Region of Uganda on 19 September 1952.
Between 1959 and 1966, he attended Bwera Primary S