# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedicto-kiwanuka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:59:47.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedicto-kiwanuka"
name: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
slug: "benedicto-kiwanuka"
description: "Benedicto Kagimu Mugumba Kiwanuka was a Ugandan politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Uganda. He was the leader of the Democratic Party, and one of the political figures in Uganda that led the country in the transition between colonial British rule and independence. He was assassinated in 1972 by Idi Amin's regime."
tagline: "Ugandan Prime Minister (1922-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benedicto_Kiwanuka%2C_1961_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-05-08"
deathDate: "1972-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.17437333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бенедикто Ківанука"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بينيديكتو كيوانوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "बेनेडिक्टो कीवानुका"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Benedicto Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Киванука, Бенедикто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486016"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump