| Sam Kutesa | |
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| Born | 1 February 1949 Uganda |
| Residence | Nakasero, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Ethnicity | Munyankole |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Education | Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Diploma in Legal Practice Law Development Center, Kampala, Uganda |
| Occupation | Lawyer & Politician |
| Years active | 1986 — present |
| Known for | Politics |
| Home town | Sembabule |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sam Kahamba Kutesa is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he has held since 13 January 2005. He is also the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for "Mawogola County", Sembabule District.[1] In the cabinet reshuffles of 01 June 2006,[2] of 16 February 2009,[3] and that of 27 May 2011, [4] Sam Kutesa retained his cabinet post.
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He was born on 1 February 1949. He is a close associate of President Yoweri Museveni and was previously the Minister of State for Investment, from 2001 until 2005.[5]
Sam Kutesa holds a law degree Bachelor of Law (LLB). He also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala.
From 1973 until 2001 Sam Kutesa was in private law practice. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mbarara North Constituency, between 1980 until 1985 in then General Tito Okello Lutwa government. He served as Attorney General between 1985 and 1986. Between 1994 and 1995, he served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. He was elected MP for Mawogola County in 2001 and was re-elected in 2006. He is the current incumbent.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni appointed Sam Kutesa as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005. Kutesa had been State Minister for Investments and took over the Foreign Ministry following the death of James Wapakhabulo.[6]
He is a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement political party. On Saturday, 16 August 2008, Sam Kutesa took as his wife, Edith Gasana, at a ceremony held at his residence in Nakasero, a Kampala suburb, and attended by President Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's First Lady, and MP for Ruhaama County, Ntungamo District, Janet Kataaha Museveni.[7]