Narendra M. Patel

Narendra Patel
Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
In office
1963 – January 1971
PresidentMutesa II
Milton Obote
Preceded byJohn Bowes Griffin
Succeeded byLegislature disbanded
Personal details
BornNarendra M. Patel
1926/1928
Pij, Kheda district, Gujarat, India
DiedDecember 2012
Baroda, India
PartyUganda People's Congress

Narendra M. Patel was a Ugandan politician of Indian origin and former Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.

Patel was 85 years old in 2012, so he was born sometime between 1926 and 1928. He was born in Pij, Kheda district, Gujarat province, in India. He has a law degree from University of Bombay. He worked in private practice in Uganda.

Patel was elected to the Parliament of Uganda in 1962 from Mbale constituency, under the banner of Uganda People's Congress. He was the speaker of the Parliament of the First Republic in 1963. Patel was described to not have wielded much power with respect to Obote's government. He was the speaker until president Milton Obote abrogated the constitution in 1971.

Patel then returned to private practice. He left Uganda in 1973, when Idi Amin ordered all Ugandans of Asian origin to leave the country. Patel first left for India, and then settled to Australia. He died in Baroda, India, in December 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 "Narendra, Uganda's first Speaker, dies". Monitor. 23 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Narendra Patel; Uganda's first non-British speaker of Parliament". New Vision.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Daily Monitor (6 August 2011). "National Speakers of Parliament since 1962". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06.
  4. ↑ "First Parliament Speaker seeks citizenship". New Vision.