Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga (died 29 August 2012) was an Ugandan judge. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda for twelve years between 1997 and 2009, and was a judge and later President of the East African Court of Justice.[1] Mulenga died in August 2012.[2]

Biography

Mulenga obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1965. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple the next year.[3]

During fourteen years Mulenga was National Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Uganda.[3]

In the years between 1986 and 1989 he was Minister of Justice and Attorney General, he later was Minister for Regional Co-operation.[3] In 1997 he became a member of the Supreme Court of Uganda where he would serve for twelve years. He also became a judge of the East African Court of Justice where he would become President.[3]

He later started working on a part-time basis for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. He died on 29 August 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Likely new faces at the Supreme Court". Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Retired Judge Mulenga is dead". Archived from the original on 2012-08-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Frank Kisakye (29 August 2012). "Justice Mulenga is dead". The Observer. Retrieved 21 April 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.