Rebecca Kadaga
Rebecca Kadaga | |
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Kadaga in 2022 | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2021 | |
| President | Yoweri Museveni |
| Prime Minister | Robinah Nabbanja |
| Preceded by | Moses Ali |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda | |
| In office 19 May 2011 – 24 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Ssekandi |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Oulanyah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1956 |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
| Party | National Resistance Movement |
| Alma mater | Makerere University (LLB) Law Development Center (Diploma in Legal Practice) University of Zimbabwe (MA), (Diploma in Women's Law) Nkumba University (Honorary LLD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer and politician |
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Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (born 24 May 1956) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician serving as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda and the Minister for East African Community Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda. She previously served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda from 19 May 2011 until 21 May 2021.
She was the first woman to be elected Deputy Speaker, and later Speaker in the history of the Parliament of Uganda. She succeeded Edward Ssekandi, who served as Speaker from 2001 to 2011.
She is also the current Member of Parliament for the Kamuli District Women's Constituency, Busoga sub-region, a position she has held since 1989.