Peter Elwelu is a Lieutenant General in the Ugandan military, known formally as the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF).

[4] From June 2013 until January 2017, he was the commander of the UPDF 2nd division, based in Mbarara, the largest town in Uganda's Western Region.

[8] He served as a commander within the UPDF when it invaded Zaire and overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, alongside the Rwandan military.

He returned to Uganda in 1999 and was deployed to the Northern Region to fight Joseph Kony and his guerilla Lord's Resistance Army.

He received commendation from the UPDF chief of defence forces, General Katumba Wamala, for his role on that tour.