{{short description|Ugandan Military Officer and Lawyer (born 1965)}} {{distinguish|Muhoozi Kainerugaba}} {{Resume-like|date=October 2025}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = David Muhoozi | image = Muhoozi R. David.jpg | image_size = | caption = Muhoozi R. David | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = Uganda | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''Makerere University'''<br/>{{small|(Bachelor of Laws)}}<br/>'''Law Development Centre'''<br/>{{small|(Diploma in Legal Practice)}}<br/>'''Undisclosed Institution'''<br/>{{small|(MA in International Affairs)}}<br/>'''Uganda Military Academy'''<br/>{{small|(Officer Cadet Course)}}<br/>'''Tanzania Military Academy'''<br/>{{small|(Company Commander's Course)}}<br/>'''Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College'''<br/>{{small|(Senior Command and Staff Course)}}<br/>'''Royal Military Academy Sandhurst'''<br/>{{small|(Senior Commander's Course)}}<br/>'''Naval Postgraduate School'''<br/>{{small|(Senior International Defense Course)}} | occupation = Lawyer & Military officer | years_active = 1985 – present | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Military Matters | networth = | title = }}
'''David Rubakuba Muhoozi''' is an Ugandan military officer and lawyer. From 2021-2026, he served as Minister of State for Internal Affairs.<ref>{{cite web| title=General Muhoozi Inspects UPDF Troops In Somalia| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Gen--Muhoozi-inspects-UPDF-troops-in-Somalia/-/688334/1972696/-/sbkvj4/-/index.html| last=Kasasira| newspaper=Daily Monitor| date=29 August 2013| first=Risdel| accessdate=13 May 2014| archive-date=5 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305235032/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Gen--Muhoozi-inspects-UPDF-troops-in-Somalia/-/688334/1972696/-/sbkvj4/-/index.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Museveni Drops General Aronda; General Katumba, Brigadier David Muhoozi Promoted |url=http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25477:museveni-drops-gen-aronda-katumba-muhoozi-promoted&catid=75:breakingbusinessnews&Itemid=123 | first=Edris|last=Kiggundu|date=24 May 2013|newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |accessdate=13 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | location=Kampala | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1443700/muhoozi-replaces-katumba-cdf | title=Muhoozi replaces Katumba as army chief | newspaper=New Vision | first=Taddeo | last=Bwambale | date=10 January 2017 | accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref>
==Early life & education== David Muhoozi was born on 27 September 1965, in Mbarara District to Mzee Jackson Rubakuba, a retired police officer and Mrs. Edinansi Kyomugyemo Rubakuba in a family of fourteen children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trumpet |first=Admin |date=2020-05-02 |title=Profile: Gen. David Muhoozi, Uganda's Defence Chief |url=https://trumpetnews.co.ug/2020/05/02/profile-gen-david-muhoozi-ugandas-defence-chief/amp/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Trumpet News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-12 |title=Gen David Rubakuba Muhoozi: Biography, Family and Wife |url=https://flashugnews.com/gen-david-rubakuba-muhoozi-biography-age-education-family-and-wife/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Flash Uganda Media |language=English}}</ref> Muhoozi holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. He also obtained the Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Center, in Kampala, Uganda. His degree of Master of Arts in International Affairs was obtained from an unknown institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25566:-new-army-big-wigs-who-are-they|title=New Army Big Wigs: Who Are They?|publisher=The Observer (Uganda)|accessdate=13 May 2014|first=Sulaiman| last=Kakaire| date=29 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gen. David Muhoozi |url=https://mia.go.ug/leadership/gen-david-muhoozi |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs Uganda |language=en}}</ref>
==Military training== {{BLP sources section|date=October 2025}} He attended the Uganda Military Academy, in Jinja, Uganda prior to its relocation,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs (MODVA) {{!}} UPDF |url=https://www.defence.go.ug/schools-and-colleges/uganda-military-academy-uma/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) |language=en-US}}</ref> for his Officer Cadet course. He then attended the Company Commander course in Monduli, Tanzania, in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uganda |first=Watchdog |date=2018-03-19 |title=PROFILE: Interesting facts you need to know about UPDF Commander Gen. David Muhoozi |url=https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20180319/36324/profile-interesting-facts-you-need-to-know-about-updf-commander-gen-david-muhoozi.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Watchdog Uganda |language=en-GB}}</ref> In Ghana, he attended a Senior Command and Staff College course. After which, he was admitted to the Royal College of Defence Studies.
Over the years, he has also attended the following military courses: (1) A Professional Security Course in Israel (2) An Executive Course for Senior African Military Leaders in Beijing, China (3) An Internal Crisis Management Course in Ghana (4) An International Peace Support Operations (IPSO) Course at Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana (5) A Defense Management Course in Ghana and (6) A Senior International Defense Course at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA.
==Military career== alt=General David Rubakuba Muhoozi|thumb|'''General David Rubakuba Muhoozi''' He joined the army in 1985 and was commissioned on April 21, 1989. He then served as Defense Counsel for the General Court Martial. In 1997, he was assigned to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), as Staff Officer General Duties, serving in that role for the next four years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-15 |title=Here's What Makes Gen David Muhoozi Powerful & a Person to Watch as Uganda Prepares for Life After Gen Museveni |url=https://mulengeranews.com/heres-what-makes-gen-david-muhoozi-powerful-a-person-to-watch-as-uganda-prepares-for-life-after-gen-museveni/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=mulengeranews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Over the years, he has served in these positions within the UPDF: (1) Base Commander, Entebbe Air Force Base (2) Chief Of Staff, UPDF Air Force (3) Commander of Air Defense Division - Nakasongola Air Force Base (4) Commander of the Armored Brigade - Masaka and (5) Brigade Commander, Motorized Infantry Brigade - Nakasongola Chief of Defence Forces 2017 -2021<ref>{{cite web| title=Museveni stresses discipline in UPDF |accessdate=10 November 2017 |date=27 March 2008 | location=Kampala| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1193485/museveni-stresses-discipline-updf|author=Vision Reporter | newspaper=New Vision }}</ref>
== See also == * UPDF * Crispus Kiyonga * Katumba Wamala * Wilson Mbadi * Muhoozi Kainerugaba * Samuel Turyagyenda
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==External links== *[http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25477:museveni-drops-gen-aronda-katumba-muhoozi-promoted&catid=75:breakingbusinessnews&Itemid=123 Brigadier David Muhoozi Promoted]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muhoozi, David}} Category:Makerere University alumni Category:People from Mbarara District Category:Living people Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Category:Law Development Centre alumni Category:Uganda Military Academy alumni Category:1965 births Category:Ugandan generals Category:21st-century Ugandan lawyers