{{Short description|Ugandan military officer (1955–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Kerim | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1955|1|1}} | birth_place = Nebbi District, Uganda | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|2|5|1955|1|1}} | death_place = Nakasero Hospital, Kampala | education = '''Uganda Senior Command and Staff College'''<br/>Kimaka, Jinja, Uganda |occupation = Military Officer | years_active = 1973–2012 | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Military Matters | title = }}
Brigadier '''Peter Kerim''' (1955–2012) was a military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the National Reserve Force within the UPDF.<ref>[http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=40173 Tribute Paid To Fallen Brigadier Peter Kerim]</ref> Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director of the ''External Security Organisation''. In the past, his former assignments included as the Commandant of the 4th Army Division in Gulu, Northern Uganda. In the 1990s he was one of the commanders in the Ituri conflict in the Democratic Republic Of The Congo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/02/brigadier-peter-kerim-passes-on.html |title=Brigadier Peter Kerim Passes On |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234210/http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/02/brigadier-peter-kerim-passes-on.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Background== He was born in Nebbi District in 1955.
==Military education== In 2004, at the rank of colonel, he was a member of the pioneer class to attend the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, at Kimaka, Jinja, Eastern Uganda, under its first commandant, Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta.
==Military career== He joined the then Uganda Army in 1973 as a private and rose through the ranks to brigadier, at the time of his death.
==Personal== Peter Kerim was survived by his widow; ''Caroline Nyendwoha Kerim'' and four children.
==See also== *Uganda Senior Command and Staff College
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221305/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/508030 Museveni Promotes 27 UPDF Officers]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerim, Peter}} Category:People from Nebbi District Category:Alur people Category:Ugandan military personnel Category:Ituri conflict Category:Uganda Senior Command and Staff College alumni Category:1955 births Category:2012 deaths