Mustafa Adrisi

Mustafa Adrisi
3rd Vice President of Uganda
In office January 1977 – 1979
President	Idi Amin
Preceded by	John Babiiha
Succeeded by	Paulo Muwanga
Minister of Defence of Uganda
In office ? – 8 May 1978
President	Idi Amin
Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda
In office 16 February 1977 – 8 May 1978
President	Idi Amin
Preceded by	Charles Oboth Ofumbi
Uganda Army Chief of Staff
In office 1974 – January 1977
President	Idi Amin
Preceded by	Hussein Marella (acting) Charles Arube (de jure)
Succeeded by	Isaac Lumago
Personal details
Born	1922 (1922)
Died	28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 90–91) Kampala, Uganda
Spouse	8
Relations	Idi Amin
Nickname	"Mr. Foreign Exchange"
Military service
Allegiance	British Empire  Uganda
Branch/service	King's African Rifles Uganda Army Uganda National Rescue Front
Years of service	1951–1987
Rank	General
Commands	Military Police Force Uganda Army
Battles/wars	Mau Mau Rebellion Ugandan Bush War

Mustafa Adrisi Abataki (c. 1922 – 28 July 2013) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest associates before the two fell out. In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious auto accident, troops loyal to him mutinied. Amin sent troops against the mutineers, some of whom had fled across the Tanzanian border, possibly contributing to the Uganda–Tanzania War.^[1] As the Ugandan war effort collapsed, Adrisi fled to Sudan where he claimed to retain the post of Vice President. He became briefly involved in the rebel activities of the Uganda National Rescue Front before returning from exile in 1987. He struggled with health problems in his later life and died in 2013.