US EditionUganda's Long-Time Leader Museveni Seeks a Seventh Term
- On June 28, 2025, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to obtain nomination documents to pursue re-election as leader of his political party and to seek the party’s endorsement as its candidate for the 2026 presidential election.
- Museveni's decision follows the 2019 Kyobe Resolution, which endorsed him as sole candidate, and the removal of presidential term limits in 2005 and age limits in 2017.
- The ruling party officially opened nominations for various positions on June 26 and will close on June 30, with elections scheduled for July 16, 2025.
- Museveni, who has been Uganda’s leader since 1986 and is now 80 years old, is likely to face Bobi Wine—a former musician turned politician who finished as the runner-up in the 2021 elections and has announced his intention to run again in 2026.
- The nomination event and election preparations suggest Museveni seeks to maintain control amid calls for public accountability and efforts to promote development programs like the Parish Development Model.
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Uganda's long-time leader Museveni seeks a seventh term
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has officially declared his intention to run for a seventh term, in polls due early next year. The 80-year-old has been in power since 1986, making him Africa's fourth longest-ruling leader. As presidential and legislative elections draw near, growing repression of the opposition is raising serious concerns.
Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president for forty years, will be running for re-election in the election scheduled for January 2026, according to his party.
Yoweri Museveni, 80 years old, president of Uganda for nearly four decades, will apply for a new mandate in January 2026, announced his party on March, the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Yoweri Museveni, 80 years old and president of Uganda for four decades, will be running for re-election in the election scheduled for January 2026, said his party on 24 June 2025.
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