Gabriel Opio

Between 1993 and 1996, he served as a member of the National Resistance Council for Samia-Bugwe constituency in Tororo District. In 1996, he was elected to the Ugandan Parliament, representing Samia-Bugwe South in the newly created Busia District. In 1999, he was appointed State Minister for Finance, responsible for planning and investments,^[5] serving in that position until 2001 when he lost his parliamentary seat to Simon Mayende.

Between 2002 and 2006, Opio served in various capacities, including as Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Director of Centenary Bank, and Commissioner of the Uganda AIDS Commission.^[6] He served as the State Minister for Higher Education from June 2006 to February 2009,^[2][3] and as Minister of Gender, Labor & Social Development from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011.^[1]

In the national election cycle of 2011, he lost his parliamentary seat of Samia-Bugwe South to Julius Wandera Maganda, an independent political candidate. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the Cabinet and replaced by Syda Bbumba.^[7]

• Full Ministerial Cabinet List, June 2006^{[permanent dead link]}
• Full Ministerial Cabinet List, February 2009^{[permanent dead link]}
• Full Ministerial Cabinet List, May 2011
• New Gender Course Launched Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine