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Before this appointment, she served as Minister of State for Public Service and was the first female Mayor of Hoima Municipality, seeing it through its transition to City status in July 2020.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1968","date":"1968"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Hoima District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1186535"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Uganda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1036"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"legislator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4175034"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Uganda Martyrs University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7877609"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P69"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"gracemarymugasa.com","url":"https://www.gracemarymugasa.com/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P856"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor (since 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"2011"},{"text":"council member (2001–2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708492","start":"2001","end":"2011"},{"text":"State Minister for Public Service","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113130352"},{"text":"Ex officio member of Parliament of Uganda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140850979"},{"text":"Member of Parliament of Uganda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21296005"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Mary_Mugasa","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875","https://www.gracemarymugasa.com/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Grace Mary Mugasa born?","a":"Grace Mary Mugasa was born on 1968 in Hoima District."},{"q":"What positions has Grace Mary Mugasa held?","a":"Positions held by Grace Mary Mugasa include: mayor (since 2011); council member (2001–2011); State Minister for Public Service; Ex officio member of Parliament of Uganda; Member of Parliament of Uganda."},{"q":"Where did Grace Mary Mugasa study?","a":"Grace Mary Mugasa was educated at Uganda Martyrs University."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Joe Biden","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-biden"},{"name":"Lincoln Chafee","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lincoln-chafee"},{"name":"Jorge Azcón","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-azcon"},{"name":"Amandus Augustus Abendroth","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/amandus-augustus-abendroth"},{"name":"Bruno von Warendorp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-von-warendorp"},{"name":"Michael Theurer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-theurer"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/grace-mary-mugasa-6f9fbcc94e.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"CENTURY MEDIA","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace-mary-mugasa-21.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Grace Mary Mugasa","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Mary_Mugasa","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q111180875","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111180875","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Grace-mary-mugasa-21.jpg by CENTURY MEDIA (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace-mary-mugasa-21.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Grace Mary Mugasa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Grace-mary-mugasa-21.jpg — CENTURY MEDIA, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Grace Mary Mugasa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/grace-mary-mugasa. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/grace-mary-mugasa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/grace-mary-mugasa","ne":null}}