# Ivan Koreta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Koreta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Koreta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koreta > Source revision: 1354442519 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Ugandan general}} {{Infobox person | name = Ivan Koreta | image = Ivan Koreta Atlas Drop 11, Soroti, Uganda, April 2011.jpg | caption = Koreta (left) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [Mbarara](/source/Mbarara), [British Uganda](/source/British_Uganda) | death_date = | death_place = | education = [Kiira College Butiki](/source/Kiira_College_Butiki)
{{small|([East African Certificate of Education](/source/Uganda_Certificate_of_Education))}}
Old Kampala Secondary School
{{small|([East African Advanced Certificate of Education](/source/Uganda_Advanced_Certificate_of_Education))}}
[Uganda Junior Staff College](/source/Uganda_Junior_Staff_College)
{{small|(Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Course)}}
Makambako Administration Officers College, Tanzania
{{small|(Battalion Administrative Officer Course)}}
[University of Ibadan](/source/University_of_Ibadan)
{{small|(MSc [Strategic Studies](/source/Strategic_Studies))}} | occupation = [Military officer](/source/Military_officer) | years_active = Since 1977 | citizenship = Uganda | honorific_prefix = General }} '''Ivan Koreta''' (born 15 October 1955) is a Ugandan retired [military officer](/source/military_officer), [diplomat](/source/diplomat) and [legislator](/source/legislator). He is a retired [general](/source/general) in the [Uganda People's Defence Force](/source/Uganda_People's_Defence_Force)s (UPDF) and a former representative for the [armed forces](/source/armed_forces) in the Parliament of Uganda, where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.{{cite web|publisher=[Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) |date=2016 |access-date=27 January 2020 | url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=242 |title=Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Ivan Koreta |author=Ugandan Parliament |place=Kampala}} Koreta has been a member of the armed forces since 1981. He most recently served as the deputy [chief of defence forces](/source/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)), the second-highest position in the UPDF, from 2005 to 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1306979/newly-promoted-generals-decorated |title=Newly promoted Generals decorated |newspaper=[New Vision](/source/New_Vision) |date=18 September 2012 | access-date=27 January 2020 |author=Henry Mukasa |place=Kampala}} He also served from 2006 until 2009 as the chairman of the General [Court Martial](/source/Court_Martial), the second-highest military court in Uganda.{{cite web |date=27 August 2008 |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Education/688336-748532-kfadaf/index.html |title=Museveni retains Koreta as Court Martial chairman |newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) |access-date=27 January 2020 |author=Grace Matsiko |place=Kampala |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127095411/https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Education/688336-748532-kfadaf/index.html |url-status=dead }} ==Early life and education== Koreta was born in [Mbarara](/source/Mbarara), [Ankole sub-region](/source/Ankole_sub-region), on 15 October 1955 in a [Pentecostal](/source/Pentecostal) family of the [Banyankole](/source/Banyankole). He had his [primary education](/source/primary_education) at Nyamitanga Muslim Primary School, in his home town of Mbarara and attained his [PLE certification](/source/Primary_School_Leaving_Examination) in 1969. He then attended [Kiira College Butiki](/source/Kiira_College_Butiki) for his O-Level education, attaining an [East African Certificate of Education](/source/Uganda_Certificate_of_Education) in 1973. He then transferred to Old Kampala Secondary School, for his A-Level schooling, graduating with the [East African Advanced Certificate of Education](/source/Uganda_Advanced_Certificate_of_Education) in 1975. He is a member of the [Pentecostal Church](/source/Pentecostalism) in Uganda. ==Military training and career== While still in his teens, Koreta attended military training in [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique) as a member of the [Front for National Salvation](/source/Front_for_National_Salvation), a guerilla group led by [Yoweri Museveni](/source/Yoweri_Museveni). He participated in the war that removed [Idi Amin](/source/Idi_Amin) from power in 1979. When Museveni formed the [National Resistance Army](/source/National_Resistance_Army) (NRA) in 1981, Koreta joined him. During the [Ugandan Bush War](/source/Ugandan_Bush_War), he became a battalion commander in the NRA. During the April 1986 battle to capture the Ugandan capital city [Kampala](/source/Kampala), his 13th NRA Battalion was responsible for guarding the [Kampala](/source/Kampala)-[Gulu](/source/Gulu) highway at [Matugga](/source/Matugga).{{cite web| url=https://chimpreports.com/7983-museveni-feared-mobutu-intervention-as-nra-assaulted-kampala/ |title=Museveni Feared Mobutu Intervention As NRA Assaulted Kampala |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=ChimpReports Uganda |author=ChimpReports | access-date=27 January 2020 |place=Kampala}} Since the NRA captured power and was subsequently transformed into the UPDF, Koreta has served in various roles, including the following:{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UPDF-retire-Bush-War-Generals/688334-3890010-format-xhtml-smdbk7z/index.html |date=15 April 2017 |title=UPDF to retire Bush War Generals |access-date=27 January 2020 |author=Frederic Musisi |newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) |place=Kampala}} * Commander of the First Division: 1986-1988 (at the rank of [brigadier general](/source/brigadier_general)) * Deputy director of the Internal Security Organization: 1988–2001 * Promoted to rank of [major general](/source/major_general): 2001 * Promoted to rank of lieutenant general and appointed [commandant](/source/commandant) of the [Uganda Senior Command and Staff College](/source/Uganda_Senior_Command_and_Staff_College) at [Kimaka](/source/Kimaka), being the first military officer to serve in that capacity: 2004 * Appointed deputy commander of defence forces in Uganda: 2005 * Appointed chairman of the General Court Martial: 2006 * Appointed head of the Ugandan delegation on the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) team for [South Sudan](/source/South_Sudan): 2015{{cite web| url=https://chimpreports.com/gen-koreta-finally-off-katebe-sent-to-south-sudan/ |title=Gen. Koreta Finally Off Katebe, Sent to South Sudan |publisher=ChimpReports Uganda |date=12 October 2015 |access-date=27 January 2020 |author=ChimpReports | place=Kampala}} ==Other responsibilities== As a diplomat, Koreta led a Ugandan peace-keeping force to [Liberia](/source/Liberia) in 1994.{{cite web| url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/07/Ugandan-troops-join-peacekeeping-force-in-Liberia/1339757918800/ |title=Ugandan troops join peacekeeping force in Liberia |date=7 January 1994 |publisher=[UPI Archives](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=27 January 2020 |author=UPI |place=Boca Raton, Florida}} In 2016, he was elected as a representative for the UPDF in the 10th [Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda), where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.{{cite web |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Who-are-new-Army-MPs/688334-3104616-f96q10z/index.html |title=Who are new UPDF MPs? |newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) |access-date=27 January 2020 | date=6 March 2016 |author=Risdel Kasasira |place=Kampala}} In February 2019 he was promoted from [lieutenant general](/source/lieutenant_general) to [four-star general](/source/Four-star_rank), in a promotions exercise involving over 2,000 men and women of the UPDF.{{cite web| date=8 February 2019 |newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) |title=Museveni promotes over 2,000 UPDF Officers |author=Monitor Reporter | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-promotes-Muhoozi-Kainerugaba-Lieutenant-General/688334-4972994-mqpx8tz/index.html |access-date=8 February 2019 | location=Kampala}} ==Retirement== In August 2021, he retired from the UPDF, as a four-star general, at age 65.{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.ug/updf-retires-14-generals-604-senior-and-junior-officers/ |title=UPDF retires 14 Generals, 604 senior and junior officers |work=[The Independent (Uganda)](/source/The_Independent_(Uganda)) | date=5 August 2022 |author=The Independent, Uganda |access-date=27 August 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}} ==See also== *[UPDF](/source/Uganda_People's_Defence_Force) *[Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4880:clarification-on-army-ranks-story Partial List of Senior UPDF Commanders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107062612/https://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4880:clarification-on-army-ranks-story |date=2023-11-07 }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Koreta, Ivan}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Ankole people Category:People from Mbarara Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda Category:University of Ibadan alumni Category:Ugandan generals Category:People educated at Kiira College Butiki --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ivan Koreta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koreta) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Koreta?action=history)). 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