# James Baba > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Baba > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Baba.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baba > Source revision: 1342160645 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Uganda) | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''[Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University)'''
{{small|([Bachelor of Arts in History](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))}}
'''[University of Nairobi](/source/University_of_Nairobi)'''
{{small|([Diploma in International Relations](/source/International_relations))}}
'''[St. John's University](/source/St._John's_University_(New_York))'''
{{small|([Master of Arts in Public Administration](/source/Master_of_Arts))}} | occupation = [Administrator](/source/Public_administration) & [Politician](/source/Politician) | years_active = 1991 — present | citizenship = [Uganda](/source/Uganda) | known_for = [Politics](/source/Politics) | networth = | title = | spouse = }} '''James Boliba Baba''' is a [Uganda](/source/Uganda)n [politician](/source/politician) and former [diplomat](/source/diplomat). He is the current [State Minister for Internal Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs) in the [Ugandan Cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_Uganda). He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced [Matia Kasaija](/source/Matia_Kasaija), who was appointed [State Minister of Finance for Planning](/source/Minister_of_Finance).{{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}} Prior to that, he served as the [State Minister in the Office of the Vice President](/source/Vice_President_of_Uganda), from 2006 until 2011. On account of his cabinet ministerial position, he is also an ex-officio [Member of Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) (MP).{{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](/source/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}} In 2021 he was elected to parliament as a member of parliament for Koboko.{{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}}{{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}} in the parliament of Uganda, he serves on the Committee on East African Community Affairs.{{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}} ==Early life and education== James Baba was born in [Koboko District](/source/Koboko_District) on 5 October 1945. He holds the degree of [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [history](/source/history), from [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University), Uganda's oldest public university. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in international relations, obtained in 1975 from the [University of Nairobi](/source/University_of_Nairobi). His [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) degree in [public administration](/source/public_administration) was awarded in 1993 from [St. John's University](/source/St._John's_University_(New_York)) in [Queens](/source/Queens), [New York City](/source/New_York_City). ==Career== James Baba has worked as a [civil servant](/source/civil_servant) in Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as an [Ambassador](/source/Ambassador) at Uganda's foreign missions. Between 1991 until 1994, he served as Uganda's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). He then served as the [Director](/source/%3Awikt%3Adirector) of the Africa Department, within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in [Kampala](/source/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](/source/Japan). He joined politics in 2006, by successfully contesting for the parliamentary seat of "Koboko County", [Koboko District](/source/Koboko_District),{{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](/source/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}} serving as the MP until 2011. In the 2011 National election cycle, he lost during the primaries to the incumbent MP, '''Ahmed Awongo''', also of the [National Resistance Movement](/source/National_Resistance_Movement) political party. In May 2011, he was appointed State Minister for Internal Affairs. ==Personal details== He is married. He is reported to enjoy listening to [classical music](/source/classical_music), [reading](/source/Reading_(process)), [exercising](/source/exercising) and [volunteering](/source/volunteering) within the community. ==Honours== {{flag|Japan}}: * 70px [Order of the Rising Sun, Gold And Silver Star](/source/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun) (2018){{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](/source/Ashinaga_(organization)) |language=en}} ==See also== * [Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) * [Cabinet of Uganda](/source/Cabinet_of_Uganda) * [Koboko District](/source/Koboko_District) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150315101104/http://www.parliament.go.ug/new/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baba, James}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:People from Koboko District Category:Makerere University alumni Category:Interior ministers of Uganda Category:Ministers of finance of Uganda Category:Office of the vice president ministers of Uganda Category:Ambassadors of Uganda to Japan Category:University of Nairobi alumni Category:St. John's University (New York City) alumni Category:People from West Nile sub-region Category:National Resistance Movement politicians Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of Uganda Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Uganda Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [James Baba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baba) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baba?action=history)). 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