Dia juga menjabat sebagai Menteri Negara di kantor Presiden, untuk Urusan Politik. Antara 1986 dan 1992 ia adalah Menteri Negara Pertahanan. Selanjutnya, ia menjabat sebagai Menteri Negara Urusan Luar Negeri yang bertanggung jawab atas Kerjasama Regional. Pada 2004, ia diangkat sebagai Jaksa Agung dan Menteri Kehakiman. Dia memegang portofolio itu sampai ia diangkat sebagai Menteri Pertahanan pada tahun 2006, posisi yang dipegangnya sampai ia diangkat sebagai Menteri Keamanan.<ref>[http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695/Amama%20Mbabazi Mbabazi Appointed Defence Minister in 2006]</ref> Ia menjabat sebagai Menteri Keamanan dari Februari 2009 sampai Mei 2011, ketika ia diangkat menjadi Perdana Menteri. Dia adalah Perdana Menteri kesepuluh dalam sejarah Uganda.<ref>[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/755652 Amama Mbabazi Is Uganda's Tenth Prime Minister]</ref>
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==Professional career==
Prior to joining politics, he worked as State Attorney in the [[Attorney General]]'s Chambers, rising to the position of Secretary of the Uganda Law Council. Between 1986 and 1991 he served as Director General of the External Security Organization (ESO), being the first person to serve in that position. In 1994, he served as a delegate to the [[Constituent Assembly]] that drew up the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. He became the Chairman of the National Resistance Movement Delegates Caucus.
He has also served as Minister of State in the President's office, in-charge of Political Affairs. Between 1986 and 1992 he was Minister of State for Defence. Subsequently, he served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of Regional Cooperation. In 2004, he was appointed as Attorney General and Minister of Justice. He held that portfolio until he was appointed Minister of Defence in 2006, a position he held until he was appointed Security Minister.<ref>[http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695/Amama%20Mbabazi Mbabazi Appointed Defence Minister in 2006]</ref> He served as Security Minister from February 2009 until May 2011, when he was appointed Prime Minister. He is the tenth Prime Minister in Uganda's history.<ref>[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/755652 Amama Mbabazi Is Uganda's Tenth Prime Minister]</ref>
