| Tenure |
Portrait |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| Uganda Protectorate |
| 2 July 1961 to 1 March 1962 |
|
Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister |
DP |
|
| 1 March 1962 to 30 April 1962 |
Benedicto Kiwanuka, Prime Minister |
|
| 30 April 1962 to 9 October 1962 |
 |
Milton Obote, Prime Minister |
UPC |
|
| Dominion of Uganda |
| 9 October 1962 to 9 October 1963 |
 |
Milton Obote, Prime Minister |
UPC |
|
| Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda) |
| 9 October 1963 to 15 April 1966 |
 |
Milton Obote, Prime Minister |
UPC |
|
| 15 April 1966 to 18 December 1980 |
Post abolished |
| 18 December 1980 to 27 July 1985 |
|
Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister |
UPC |
Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 1 August 1985 to 25 August 1985 |
|
Paulo Muwanga, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 25 August 1985 to 26 January 1986 |
|
Abraham Waligo, Prime Minister |
n-p |
Deposed in the Ugandan Bush War |
| 30 January 1986 to 22 January 1991 |
|
Samson Kisekka, Prime Minister |
NRM |
|
| 22 January 1991 to 18 November 1994 |
|
George Cosmas Adyebo, Prime Minister |
NRM |
|
| 18 November 1994 to 5 April 1999 |
|
Kintu Musoke, Prime Minister |
NRM |
|
| 5 April 1999 to 24 May 2011 |
 |
Apolo Nsibambi, Prime Minister |
NRM |
|
| 24 May 2011 to Present |
 |
Amama Mbabazi, Prime Minister |
NRM |
|