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In the 70s, the African "tyrant" Amin, a rare shot, in front of the camera, Amin was wearing a military uniform, and the military uniform was full of medals, and his demeanor seemed to be full of spirit, he was a majestic person, but in fact he was a cunning and changeable, reckless "executioner".
Amin is the third president of Uganda, he is a military dictator who abuses power and cruelty, so he is called the "three tyrants of Africa" along with the Central African Emperor Bokassa and Zairean President Mobutu, and among the three, Amin, known as the "butcher", won the "first of the tyrants" with an unimaginable reign of terror.
Amin was born into a poor family in Koboko, northwestern Uganda, and his father abandoned the family and left home at a young age, so that Amin was raised by his mother from an early age.
In 1941, at the age of 16, Amin had grown into a tall and strong man, and in order to solve the family's livelihood problems, he took up a lot of temporary jobs to earn money and support his family.
However, as he did not earn much money from temporary work to support his daily expenses, Amin was still struggling to make ends meet, so in 1946, he chose to join the British African Colonial Corps to improve his life.
At that time, after Amin joined the British African Colonial Corps, because he had no culture, military academy and combat experience, he was assigned to the 4th Battalion of the African Rifle Corps "Royal African Rifle Army" as an assistant cook.
Subsequently, with his skill in wrestling, hockey and other sports, Amin made him get along with the British officers, and also won the appreciation and favor of the British commander, so he was promoted from an assistant chef to a corporal in the army.
Amin's agility, bravery and ability to manipulate his superiors led him to rise through the ranks of the British African Colonization Corps and become a high-ranking officer with real power.
In 1962, Uganda declared independence, and the cunning Amin was appreciated and reused by Uganda's then Prime Minister, Milton Obote, as the commander of the Ugandan Army and Air Force.
In January 1971, Amin, who became the supreme commander of the Ugandan army, ousted Milton Obote, who had become the president of Uganda at that time, through a military coup, ousted Milton Obote, who had become the president of Uganda at that time, and then replaced him, seized the military and political power of Uganda and became the president of Uganda.
After becoming president of Uganda, Amin began his eight-year military dictatorship, and his secret police force not only extorted and tortured Ugandan civilians, but also purged dissidents, becoming an unrelenting murderer.
In addition, Amin indulged in pleasure and lived a luxurious life, not only spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build a "royal palace" for himself, but also married 5 wives and more than 40 mistresses, gave birth to more than 50 children, and became the notorious "hedonistic monarch" in Africa.
As the saying goes: the extreme must be opposed, Amin's military dictatorship eventually made him opposed and criticized by the Ugandan people, and Milton Obote, who fled to neighboring Tanzania, sent people to assassinate Amin from time to time, which made Amin have a sense of crisis, and decided to send troops to attack neighboring Tanzania to completely solve the threat from Milton Obote.
In October 1978, under Amin's order, the Ugandan army invaded Tanzania, and in the early days of the war, the Tanzanian army was defeated by virtue of its superiority in weapons.
Under the call of Tanzanian President Nyerere, all the people of Tanzania joined forces, gradually reversed the previous unfavorable situation of the war, gradually switched from defense to offensive, and defeated the Ugandan army and fled.
After Tanzanian President Nyerere commanded the Tanzanian military and civilians to drive the Ugandan army out of Tanzania, he did not stop the war, but formed a united front with the opposition in Uganda to send troops to Uganda to completely oust the African tyrant Amin.
In the face of the strong Tanzanian army, Amin panicked and hurriedly sought help from his big brother, Libyan leader Gaddafi, who hurriedly sent troops to help Amin.
But what Gaddafi never expected was that the Ugandan army was already in disarray, with no morale and combat effectiveness, and was about to collapse at the first touch, while the Libyan army was mired in this war, suffering heavy casualties, which made Gaddafi miserable.
On March 27, 1979, the Tanzanian army fought outside Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and Amin, as the president of Uganda, knew that he could not hold the base camp, so he fled to Jinja, the second largest city in Uganda, under the protection of his subordinates.
Seeing Amin fleeing without a fight, Gaddafi felt that he had no need to protect him, so he entered into peace talks with the Tanzanian army and stopped fighting.
And Amin saw that his big brother Gaddafi was unwilling to help him, until he was defeated and the general situation was gone, in order to survive, he could only flee to Libya with his wife, children and a large number of belongings and valuables, seeking refuge in Gaddafi.
After Amin fled to Libya with his wife and children, he continued to do things in a high-profile manner, and Amin's subordinates and bodyguards frequently clashed with the Libyan military and police, which made Gaddafi very unhappy, and after weighing the pros and cons, he issued an "eviction order" to Amin.
Amin had no choice but to take his wife and children to Iraq, and Iraq's leader Saddam knew that Amin was a troublemaker, so he was not welcome, and Amin had no choice but to take his wives and children to live in Saudi Arabia.
After arriving in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian authorities informed Amin that he could shelter his family, but there was a precondition, that is, Amin could not repeat the incident, and Amin saw that he had no place to stay, so he could only choose to agree and compromise.
In this way, Amin, who came to live in Saudi Arabia, chose to live a low-key life and did not ask about the world, and in his later years, Amin wanted to try to return to Uganda, but in the end he was unsuccessful and could only continue to stay in Saudi Arabia.
In August 2003, Amin suddenly fell seriously ill and was admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for treatment, but eventually fell seriously ill and died in a foreign land.