Editing Yusuf Lule (section)

==Early life and career==
'''Yusuf Lule''' was born on 10 April 1912 in [[Kampala]].<ref name="Africa Who's Who">"Lule, K. Yusufu", ''Africa Who's Who'', London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, p. 636.</ref> He was educated at [[King's College Budo]] (1929–34), [[Makerere University College]], Kampala (1934–36), [[Fort Hare University]] at [[Alice, South Africa]] (1936–39) and the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/uncovering-university-of-edinburghs-black-history/ | title=Uncovering University of Edinburgh's black history | date=30 April 2021 }}</ref> Initially, he was a Muslim but converted to Christianity while at King's College Budo.<ref>{{cite news| last = Mubangizi | first = Michael| title = They stand tall in new found faith| newspaper = The Observer| date = 11 January 2012| url = https://observer.ug/lifestyle/sizzling-faith/16612-they-stand-tall-in-new-found-faith| access-date = 15 August 2021}}</ref>

In 1947 Lule married Hannah Namuli Wamala at Kings College Budo's church, where he was a teacher and she was [[Head girl and head boy|head girl]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/688334-1174668-am0ra6z/index.html| title = Farewell to Hannah Namuli Lule| last = Okech| first = Jennifer A.| date = 5 June 2011| website = Daily Monitor| access-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref>

In 1959 the [[Democratic Party (Uganda)|Democratic Party]] (DP) nominated Lule as a candidate to become [[Katikkiro of Buganda|Kattikiro]] (Prime Minister) of the subnational kingdom of [[Buganda]]. Many aristocratic figures in the kingdom distrusted or otherwise did not support Lule because of his Muslim origins despite his conversion to Christianity, and [[Michael Kintu]] ultimately won the election.{{sfn|Mutibwa|1992|p=48}} Upon Uganda's independence in 1962, he became chairman of the Public Service Commission.<ref name ="Obituary">{{cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/23/world/yusufu-lulu-dies-ex-uganda-leader.html | title =Yusufu Lulu Dies; ex-Uganda Leader | access-date =10 September 2019 |page= B8 |newspaper= The New York Times |agency= Associated Press| date=23 January 1985}}</ref>

Lule served as the first black<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-02-10 |title=President Yusuf Kironde Lule {{!}} State House Uganda |url=http://statehouse.go.ug/past-presidents/president-yusuf-kironde-lule |access-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210014820/http://statehouse.go.ug/past-presidents/president-yusuf-kironde-lule |archive-date=10 February 2014 }}</ref> principal of [[Makerere University College]] from 1964 to 1970, and was assistant secretary-general of the [[Association of African Universities]], in [[Accra, Ghana]], between 1973 and 1978.<ref name="Africa Who's Who" /> Lule served as a minister in the pre-independence British colonial government and later as an assistant secretary-general of the [[Commonwealth Secretariat]]. He went into exile after [[Idi Amin]] came to power.<ref name="BladeObit">{{cite news | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_W4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=6774,6472405&dq=yusuf+lule&hl=en | title =Yusuf Lule | access-date =4 January 2011 | newspaper =Toledo Blade }}</ref>