Mutesa II, Edward Frederick William Wulugembe Mutebi (1924–1969)

Ugandan ruler, president 1963–66. He became kabaka (king) of Buganda in 1939 and was crowned in 1942. In a dispute with the British government he was deposed in 1953, but reinstated two years later. In 1963 he became commander-in-chief and president of Uganda when the country became a republic. He was forcibly replaced by Milton Obote in February 1966 and escaped to exile in England.