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 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Milton Obote, Uganda's first prime minister and a two-time president whose initial term ended with a coup led by Idi Amin and whose second was best known for its harsh repression, died Monday at a South African hospital. He was 80.
The politician died after a series of illnesses, said Henry Mayega, secretary-general of Obote's Ugandan People's Congress. He had been living in exile in Zambia.
The son of a chief and farmer in the Langi tribal area of northern Uganda, Obote served as Uganda's first prime minister following independence in 1962, when the country was ruled by King Mutesa II. He staged a coup in 1966 and declared himself president.
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