# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-bahati
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:43:03.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-bahati"
name: "David Bahati"
slug: "david-bahati"
description: "David Bahati is a Ugandan accountant and politician. He is the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry) in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 June 2021. He was previously the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) replacing Matia Kasaija. He is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling party and is the Chairperson NRM Kabale District. He is a Member of Parliament for Ndorwa County West Constituency, Kabale District, in the Parliament of Uganda. He is chief of the Scout Board of Uganda. He is the Chairperson of the Uganda National Prayer Breakfast Fellowship."
tagline: "Ugandan accountant and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bahati_David.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1973-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             8.372093023255815
  historical:           7.025596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%A8%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "ڈیوڈ بہاتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "ديفيد باهاتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bahati"
    title: "David Bahati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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