# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-ssekandi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:24.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-ssekandi"
name: "Edward Ssekandi"
slug: "edward-ssekandi"
description: "Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who has served as the 8th Vice President of Uganda until 2021. He was a member of the Parliament of Uganda from 1996 to 2021, and Speaker from 2001 to 2011."
tagline: "Ugandan lawyer, politician and former speaker of parliament of Uganda"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Ssekandi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.884882666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ESsekandi"
    handle:    "ESsekandi"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%B1%E5%BE%B7%E5%8D%8E%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E5%9D%8E%E8%BF%AA"
    title: "爱德华·塞坎迪"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "ادوارد سيكاندى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ssekandi"
    title: "Edward Ssekandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ssekandi"
    title: "Edward Ssekandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ssekandi"
    title: "Edward Ssekandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80"
    title: "एडवर्ड सेसकंडी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ssekandi"
    title: "Edward Ssekandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ow'ekitiibwa_Edward_Kiwanuka_Ssekandi"
    title: "Ow'ekitiibwa Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Ссеканди, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5345394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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