John Babiiha

John Babiiha (17 April 1913 – March 1982) was a Ugandan politician, rancher and farmer. He was Uganda's first Republican Vice President under the Uganda People's Congress which was led by Apollo Milton Obote. He also served as the Minister of Animal Resources under Milton Obote. He is believed to have founded the Uganda People's Congress Party in 1959 with Obote, Sam Odaka and Felix Rwambarari.

Political life Babiiha temporarily assumed control of government and declared a national state of emergency on 19 December 1969, when the Uganda People's Congress party president and the then President of Uganda Milton Obote got injured in an attempted assassination.

Death After the military coup in 1971, Babiiha retired immediately to his farms. His only public function in the two years which followed was when Idi Amin, President of Uganda, sent him on a world goodwill mission in January, 1973. Babiiha died in March 1982 and was buried at his home in Kibimba village, Fort Portal municipality.