James Baba

{{short description|Ugandan politician and former diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = James Baba | image = Baba James Boliba.jpg | image_size = | caption = Baba James Boliba | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|10|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Uganda | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''Makerere University''' {{small|(Bachelor of Arts in History)}} '''University of Nairobi''' {{small|(Diploma in International Relations)}} '''St. John's University''' {{small|(Master of Arts in Public Administration)}} | occupation = Administrator & Politician | years_active = 1991 — present | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Politics | networth = | title = | spouse = }} '''James Boliba Baba''' is a Ugandan politician and former diplomat. He is the current State Minister for Internal Affairs in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced Matia Kasaija, who was appointed State Minister of Finance for Planning.<ref name="Face">{{cite web|publisher=Uganda State House| url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150208384704078&comments|date=27 May 2011|accessdate=5 March 2015|title=Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers}}</ref> Prior to that, he served as the State Minister in the Office of the Vice President, from 2006 until 2011. On account of his cabinet ministerial position, he is also an ex-officio Member of Parliament (MP).<ref name="JBB">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=376&const=Ex-Officio+Representative&dist_id=70&distname=Ex-Officio|title=Profile of James Boliba Baba, Member of Parliament, Ex-Officio Representative|publisher=Parliament of Uganda|accessdate=5 March 2015|date=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001053/http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=376&const=Ex-Officio+Representative&dist_id=70&distname=Ex-Officio|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2021 he was elected to parliament as a member of parliament for Koboko.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baba James Boliba - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls |url=https://visiblepolls.org/ug/2021-general-election/candidates/baba-james-boliba-7795/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=visiblepolls.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boliba James Baba |url=https://theyworkforyou.github.io/uganda-parliament-watch/mp/4cb43bab-faf4-4ee4-b9e9-8bb64d803b42/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=theyworkforyou.github.io}}</ref> in the parliament of Uganda, he serves on the Committee on East African Community Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Committee on East African Community Affairs – Parliament Watch |url=https://parliamentwatch.ug/committees/committee-on-east-african-community-affairs/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education== James Baba was born in Koboko District on 5 October 1945. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in history, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest public university. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in international relations, obtained in 1975 from the University of Nairobi. His Master of Arts degree in public administration was awarded in 1993 from St. John's University in Queens, New York City.<ref name="JBB"/>

==Career== James Baba has worked as a civil servant in Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as an Ambassador at Uganda's foreign missions. Between 1991 until 1994, he served as Uganda's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City. He then served as the Director of the Africa Department, within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kampala, Uganda. Between 1998 and 2001, he served as the director of regional cooperation within the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Between 2001 and 2005, James Baba served as Uganda's ambassador to Japan. He joined politics in 2006, by successfully contesting for the parliamentary seat of "Koboko County", Koboko District,<ref>{{cite web|title=Eighty Members of Parliament Lose Elections|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/484315|date=28 February 2006|accessdate=5 March 2015|first1=Felix|last1=Osike|first2=James|last2=Odong|first3=Milton|last3=Olupot|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309105041/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/484315|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> serving as the MP until 2011.<ref name="JBB"/> In the 2011 National election cycle, he lost during the primaries to the incumbent MP, '''Ahmed Awongo''', also of the National Resistance Movement political party. In May 2011, he was appointed State Minister for Internal Affairs.<ref name="Face"/>

==Personal details== He is married. He is reported to enjoy listening to classical music, reading, exercising and volunteering within the community.

==Honours== {{flag|Japan}}: * 70px Order of the Rising Sun, Gold And Silver Star (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-22 |title=Kenjin-Tatsujin James Boliba Baba is awarded the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star" |url=https://www.ashinaga.org/en/media/kenjin-tatsujin/17337/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Ashinaga |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150315101104/http://www.parliament.go.ug/new/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda]

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