Narendra M. Patel was Ugandan politician of Indian origin[2] and former speaker of the legislature.[3]
Narendra Patel | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda | |
| In office 1963 – January 1971 | |
| President | Mutesa II Milton Obote |
| Preceded by | John Bowes Griffin |
| Succeeded by | Legislature disbanded |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Narendra M. Patel 1926/1928 Pij, Kheda district, Gujarat, India |
| Died | December 2012[1] Baroda, India |
| Political party | Uganda People's Congress |
Patel was 85 years old in 2012,[4] so he was born sometime between 1926 and 1928. He was born in Pij, Kheda district, Gujarat province, in India.[2] He has a law degree from University of Bombay.[2] He worked in private practice in Uganda.
Patel was elected to the Parliament of Uganda in 1962 from Mbale constituency, under the banner of Uganda People's Congress.[2] He was the speaker of the Parliament of the First Republic in 1963.[3] Patel was described to not have wielded much power with respect to Obote's government.[3] He was the speaker until president Milton Obote abrogated the constitution in 1971.[3]
Patel then returned to private practice. He left Uganda in 1973, when Idi Amin ordered all Ugandans of Asian origin to leave the country.[2] Patel first left for India, and then settled to Australia. He died in Baroda, India, in December 2012.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Narendra, Uganda's first Speaker, dies". Monitor. 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Narendra Patel; Uganda's first non-British speaker of Parliament". New Vision.
- ^ a b c d Daily Monitor (6 August 2011). "National Speakers of Parliament since 1962". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06.
- ^ "First Parliament Speaker seeks citizenship". New Vision.