List of ministers of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda

Since independence from the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962, Uganda has had the following ministers of justice and constitutional affairs:

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No.	Name	From	To	Head of state	Notes
1	Grace Ibingira	1962	1964	Apollo Milton Obote	Ibingira was the first minister of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda after Independence.^[1]
2	Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor	1964	1966		After being Minister of Internal Affairs, Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor became Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.^[2]^[3]^[4]
-	Vacant	1966	1971		After Obwangor, Uganda did not have a minister of justice for the remainder of Apollo Milton Obote's first administration.^[5]
3	Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa	1971	1973	Idi Amin	^[6]
4	Godfrey Serunkuma Lule	1973	1977	Idi Amin	^[7]^[8]
5	Dani Wadada Nabudere	1979	1979	Yusuf Lule	^[9]
6	Edward Ogbal	1979	1986	Godfrey Binaisa	^[10]
				Presidential Commission of Uganda
				Apollo Milton Obote
7	Joseph Mulenga	1986	1989	Yoweri Museveni	^[11]
8	George Kanyeihamba	1989	1990		^[12]^[13]
9	Abu Mayanja	1990	1994		^[14]^[15]
10	Joseph Ekemu	1994	1996		^[16]
11	Bart Magunda Katureebe	1996	1998		^[17]^[18]
12	Joshua S. Mayanja-Nkangi	1998	2001		^[19]
13	Janat Mukwaya	2001	2003		Janet Mukwaya was the first woman to be the minister of justice and constitutional affairs in Uganda.^[20]^[21]^[22]
14	Amama Mbabazi	2004	2006		This was Mbabazi's fourth of seven ministerial positions he would hold, and this appointment earned him his moniker "Super Minister".^[23]
15	Kiddu Makubuya	2006	2011		^[24]
16	Kahinda Otafiire	2011	2019		^[25]
17	Ephraim Kamuntu	2019	2022
18	Norbert Mao	2022	present		^[26]

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