Idi Amin Dada Oumee "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC,DSO,MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" was a Ugandan military officer who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Popularly known as the "Butcher of Uganda," he is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history.