Background
Butagira, Francis was born on November 22, 1942 in Bugamba, Uganda.
Butagira, Francis was born on November 22, 1942 in Bugamba, Uganda.
Butagira was educated at Ntare School in Mbarara and later at the University of Dar es Salaam (Bachelor of Laws), University of London"s School of Oriental and African Studies and Harvard Law School Master of Laws.
State attorney Ministry Justice, Uganda, 1967. Lecturer in law Nsamizi Law School, Uganda, 1968. Head, department law Law Development Center, Uganda, 1969—1970.
Chief magistrate Buganda Road Law Courts, Uganda, 1973, Mbarara, Uganda, 1974. Judge High Court, Uganda, 1974—1979. Member National Consultative Council, Uganda, 1979—1980, chairman, 1980.
Member of Parliament, Mbarara West constituency, speaker Uganda National Assembly, 1980—1985. Member of Parliament, Rwampara constituency, chairman legal and security affairs committee National Resistance Council, Uganda, 1989—1996. Legal practitioner Kirenga and Butagira Advocates, Kampala, Uganda, 1996—1997.
Uganda ambassador to Ethiopia, permanent representative to the Organization of African Unity Ministry Foreign Affairs, Addis Ababa, 1998, Uganda high commissioner, permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental Program and the United Nations Human Settlements Program, 1999, mediator in Sudanese peace talks, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, 2000—2003, ambassador, permanent representative to the United Nations New York City, 2003—2008. President Joint Assembly of the European Economic Community and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, 1981—1983. Chairman 3d committee, 60th session United Nations General Assembly, 2005—2006, vice president 61st session.
He was a member of the National Consultative Council from 1979 to 1980 and a High Court judge between 1974 and 1979.
Married Lydia Butagira. 7 children.