Frank Tumwebaze

Frank Tumwebaze
Born (1975-12-01) 1 December 1975 (age 48)
Uganda
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Educator and politician
Years active2000—present
Known forPolitics
TitleCabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
SpouseFlorence Tumwebaze

Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze is a Ugandan educator and politician of the National Resistance Movement political party. He is the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, effective 8 June 2021.[1]

He previously served as Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 14 December 2019.[2]

Before that, he was the Minister of Information Technology and Communications, from 6 June 2016 to 13 December 2019.[3] He was Minister for the Presidency and Minister for the Kampala Capital City Authority between 2012 and 2016. He was automatically appointed Member of Parliament for Kibale County in Kamwenge District when the two other contestants for the seat withdrew under suspicious circumstances.[4][5]

  1. ^ New Vision (9 June 2021). "President Museveni names new Cabinet". New Vision. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Administrator (14 December 2019). "Museveni Reshuffles Cabinet". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. ^ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's New Cabinet List As At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ POU (2011). "Profile of Tumwebaza Kagyigyi Frank, Member of Parliament for Kibale County, Kamwenge District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Atuhaire denies withdrawing from Kibaale MP race".

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