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Bazilio Olara-Okello

1929–1990 · 20th century

Bazilio Olara-Okello was a Ugandan army officer who led the coup of July 1985 that overthrew Milton Obote's second government. He briefly headed the new military council before handing over to Tito Okello, and as army commander took part in the government's peace talks with Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army in Nairobi. When the NRA took Kampala in January 1986 he fled into exile, where he died in 1990.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bazilio Olara-Okello. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bazilio-olara-okello
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