Ivan Koreta

Ivan Koreta (born 15 October 1955) is a Ugandan retired military officer, diplomat and legislator. He is a retired general in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and a former representative for the armed forces in the Parliament of Uganda, where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.

Koreta has been a member of the armed forces since 1981. He most recently served as the deputy chief of defence forces, the second-highest position in the UPDF, from 2005 to 2013. He also served from 2006 until 2009 as the chairman of the General Court Martial, the second-highest military court in Uganda.

Early life and education Koreta was born in Mbarara, Ankole sub-region, on 15 October 1955 in a Pentecostal family of the Banyankole. He had his primary education at Nyamitanga Muslim Primary School, in his home town of Mbarara and attained his PLE certification in 1969. He then attended Kiira College Butiki for his O-Level education, attaining an East African Certificate of Education in 1973.

Since the NRA captured power and was subsequently transformed into the UPDF, Koreta has served in various roles, including the following:

Commander of the First Division: 1986-1988 (at the rank of brigadier general) Deputy director of the Internal Security Organization: 1988–2001 Promoted to rank of major general: 2001 Promoted to rank of lieutenant general and appointed commandant of the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College at Kimaka, being the first military officer to serve in that capacity: 2004 Appointed deputy commander of defence forces in Uganda: 2005 Appointed chairman of the General Court Martial: 2006 Appointed head of the Ugandan delegation on the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) team for South Sudan: 2015

Other responsibilities As a diplomat, Koreta led a Ugandan peace-keeping force to Liberia in 1994. In 2016, he was elected as a representative for the UPDF in the 10th Parliament of Uganda, where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.

In February 2019 he was promoted from lieutenant general to four-star general, in a promotions exercise involving over 2,000 men and women of the UPDF.

Retirement In August 2021, he retired from the UPDF, as a four-star general, at age 65.