Monarchy of Uganda

Monarchy of Uganda
Federal
Coat of Arms of Uganda

Queen Elizabeth II of Uganda
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	9 October 1962
Abolition	9 October 1963
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Uganda Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of Uganda (the Ugandan monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Uganda from 1962 to 1963. Uganda shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Uganda. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished in 9 October 1963, when Uganda became a republic within the Commonwealth. However, the new Ugandan state was deliberately not referred to as a republic, and the constituent native kingdoms (such as Buganda) continued in existence.

History

The monarch of Uganda was created by the Uganda Independence Act 1963 which transformed the Uganda Protectorate into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Uganda. Uganda adopted a new constitution in 1963 which abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		9 October 1962	9 October 1963	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 9 October 1962 – 2 November 1962 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 2 November 1962 – 9 October 1963 By the Grace of God, Queen of Uganda and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited Uganda in 1954, then as Head of the Commonwealth in 2007.

References