It was not until 1962 that Uganda got rid of the British colonial status since 1890. Milton allport became the first president after independence. General Amin, who was born in the army, served as the army chief of staff. Aubert gradually felt that Amin, who formed a clique in the army, was a threat. 1970,19710,65438+125 October, Aubert, who attended an international conference in Singapore, saw through news reports that Amin had successfully staged a coup and declared himself the ruler of Uganda.
Amin, born in a small village in the West Nile region of northwest Uganda, is not even known. People can only speculate that he was born in 1925. His parents believed in Islam, and when he was young, his family was poor, and he only attended primary school intermittently for three or four years. Because of his tall figure and great arm strength, he developed well in Uganda boxing. From 195 1 to 1960, he dominated the Ugandan boxing champion 10 years.
Joining the army made Amin's power rise from childhood. 1946 Amin joined the 4th Battalion of the Royal African Rifle Army of the British Colonial Army. Amin served in the Allied Forces during the Burma War in World War II. The British appreciate his military talent. He rose from an ordinary soldier to "General Amin", which laid the foundation for him to seize power in the future.
At the beginning of seizing power, because he often laughed at Britain, the former suzerain, he won the support of many people on the African continent who had just got rid of colonial rule. The international community only regards him as a simple-minded soldier. In his second year in office, Amin's cruel and extravagant nature was gradually exposed. He spared no effort to destroy his imaginary enemy or potential political enemy. During Amin's eight-year rule, black terror prevailed and 300,000-500,000 Ugandans were killed. As there was no time to dig graves, many bodies were thrown into the Nile. Once, the water intake of a large hydropower station in Jinjia was blocked because of too many bodies. Amin has become synonymous with "darkness and terror".
Amin, who didn't finish primary school, ruled the country by his own imagination. He believes that Asians who control 80% of his country's economy should be driven out of Uganda to realize Uganda's economic independence. As a result, more than 60,000 Asians were deprived of their industries in Uganda and deported. The disappearance of the entire business class and the economic sanctions imposed by the international community have caused the national economy to fall into the abyss at once, with poor materials and the economic level retrogressing to many years ago.
A monster with a complicated personality.
1974, French film director Babette Strod was invited to make a documentary for Amin. In the image of Strod, this big black man with a weight of 1 12 kg showed extraordinary energy. His speeches are bold and funny, often bursting with self-deprecating or complacent laughter, showing extreme self-confidence or conceit, and his style is tough without losing elegance. Compared with Amin, who is famous for his crime, Amin in the camera is very friendly. He is a natural performer in front of the camera.
He called Nixon "my dear brother" and hoped that he could survive the Watergate crisis. Laughing at the president of neighboring Tanzania, he said, "I love him very much. If he is a woman, I am willing to marry him "; He attacked Kissinger as a weak-willed leader. He claimed to be "the conqueror of the British Empire" and once said that he would be "the king of Scotland" if invited. He also wrote to the Queen of England from time to time, joking that he was willing to contribute 600 pounds to Britain's depressed economic situation. Sure enough, he organized a national fund-raiser for Britain, but it looked more like a farce. He raised several cars of vegetables and food and 43,000 shillings in cash, but "Prime Minister Keith never sent a plane to pick them up".
Ambitious Amin added a series of titles to himself, such as "Savior of all the people in Uganda, Father of the Nation, Grand Cross, Winner of Medal of Outstanding Service and Military Cross, Marshal, and President of the Republic of China, Dr. Amin". In his mansion, all the servants are white to show his view that "blacks are superior to whites". The arrogant Amin said that he worshipped Hitler and even thought that Hitler's killing of 6 million Jews was "correct".
Amin married five wives and had 43 children. Another way of saying it is that he married 13 wives and had 54 children. Today, many such children live in America and Europe.
The opposition said Amin put his head in the refrigerator after killing people, fed human flesh to crocodiles, and killed one of his many wives and dismembered them. It is said that another time, he found that his lover had a boyfriend and killed him on the spot, then cooked his body and ate it afterwards! Therefore, Amin got the nickname "Man-eating Devil". A reporter once asked Amin if he really ate human flesh. Amin actually replied that "human flesh is too salty for my taste".
As Uganda sinks deeper and deeper into the road of corruption and chaos, Amin keeps giving himself new titles to deepen his rule over the whole country, such as lifelong president and conqueror of the British Empire. He also compared himself to a pure extraordinary father and asked Ugandans to call him "Dad" or "Great Dad".
Amin is a friend of Israel. 197 1 When Amin launched a military coup in June, Israeli military advisers gave him great help. However, because Israel refused to provide Uganda with weapons to attack neighboring Tanzania, Amin immediately turned against him and became a figure who hated Jews and worshipped Gaddafi.
1973 After the Yom Kippur War, many African rulers, including Amin, cut off friendly exchanges with Israel. Not only that, Amin also transferred the former Israeli embassy to the Palestine Liberation Organization as a stronghold. Haddad's PFDJ was also allowed to camp in Uganda and set up an official office in the capital, and the relationship between Uganda and Israel deteriorated sharply.
1On June 28th, 976, terrorists took 94 Jews and 12 crew members of an Air France plane hostage and landed in Uganda. Israeli commandos flew 4000 kilometers and rescued all the hostages (three of them died) at the cost of 1 death and four injuries. The Israeli army also blew up the 1 1 Ugandan fighter plane, killing 45 Ugandan soldiers and almost completely destroying the Ugandan air force. This world-class assault made Amin himself full of praise: "As a professional soldier, I think this attack was very successful." Of course, the Israeli raid completely destroyed the morale of the Ugandan army.
However, what really gets rid of Amin is small coffee beans. Amin's dictatorship after he came to power ordered the expulsion of Asians in China, which seriously hindered the domestic economic development. Only coffee became the lifeline of the national economy.
Amin's dictatorship was condemned by the international community. The New York Times sarcastically said that the United States buys 200 million US dollars of coffee beans from Uganda every year, which is tantamount to subsidizing Amin. Representative Donabis of Ohio introduced a bill to the House of Representatives, demanding that the US government stop importing Ugandan coffee to force Amin to step down. American General Foods, Nestle and other large baking companies also issued a joint statement condemning the Ugandan government through the American Coffee Association. In this situation, 1978, in February, the US Congress held a hearing on the situation in Uganda, and in July, it passed a boycott of Ugandan coffee beans.
The American ban has greatly weakened Amin's financial resources. The morale of its army was hit. In April of the following year, 1979, the Ugandan National Liberation Army, composed of more than 20 exiled anti-Amin organizations, captured Kampala with the support of the Tanzanian army. Amin went into exile in Libya and Iraq, and finally came to Saudi Arabia. With the support of the Saudi government, Amin lived in the port city of Jeddah with his four wives. After Amin stepped down, the United States lifted the embargo. It is a legend that American politicians brought down Amin's regime by coffee without spending a bullet.
After Amin stepped down, the family lived a completely different life. Sarah, the fifth wife who spent 2 million pounds on the wedding, left Amin on 1982 to seek political asylum in Germany. There, she returned to her old job, became a dancer again and worked as an underwear model. Later, Sarah couldn't get along in Germany and was forced to move to England. In order to make a living, she opened a coffee shop with extremely poor sanitary conditions in the northern suburbs of London.
Amin himself lives a quiet life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by the Red Sea. In 2000, when he was interviewed by an American journalist for the first time, he wore a simple white robe from Saudi Arabia. Living here for many years, many people saw him pushing a shopping cart to pray. He kept silent to passers-by who greeted him and never commented on the world. Neighbors said that they see many Amin's children every day, because Amin has given birth to 54 children, but only 6 children and 4 wives still live with him. But Amin has been afraid to bring it back to China because he knows that returning to China means being tried.
On August 6, 2003, 80-year-old Amin didn't get the punishment he deserved. He died of kidney failure in the hospital.