Crispus Kiyonga

Crispus Walter Kiyonga (born 19 September 1952) is a Ugandan medical doctor, politician and career diplomat. He is the current Chancellor of the Makerere University, the largest public university of Uganda. He served as Uganda's Ambassador to China. He previously served as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Uganda from 2006 to 2016.

Prior to that, he was Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the President from 2005 to 2006. During the cabinet reshuffles of 16 February 2009, 27 May 2011, and 1 March 2015, he retained his cabinet post. In 2016, he lost the Member of Parliament (MP) seat for Bukonjo County West to Robert Katusabe in Kasese District, in the Ugandan Parliament. However, in the 2026 elections, he reclaimed the Bukonzo West parliamentary seat in the 12th Parliament of Uganda which led to his appointment by President Museveni as the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament.

== Early life and education ==

Kiyonga was born in Kasese District in the Western Region of Uganda on 19 September 1952. Between 1959 and 1966, he attended Bwera Primary School, in Bwera, a few kilometres from the Ugandan border with the Democratic...