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Fred Mwesigye
Ugandan diplomat, retired military officer and politician
Colonel (Retired) Fred Mwesigye is a Ugandan diplomat, retired military officer and politician. He serves as the High Commissioner of Uganda to Tanzania, effective December 2021, replacing Richard Kabonero.[1]
He previously served as the elected parliamentary representative for Nyabushozi County in the 10th Parliament of Uganda (2016 - 2021), on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket.[2]
Before that, he was a serving officer in the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and in the National Resistance Army (NRA) that preceded it. He is a member of the original 41 combatants with 27 guns who started the NRA in February 1981 and waged the Uganda Bush War (1981 - 1986).[3]