List of heads of state of the Comoros
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| President of the Union of the Comoros | |
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| قائمة رؤساء جزر القمر Président de l'Union des Comores | |
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| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Comoros (2001) |
| Inaugural holder | Ahmed Abdallah (State of the Comoros; First president of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros) Ali Soilih (State of the Comoros; First president) Azali Assoumani (Union of the Comoros) |
| Formation | 27 October 1977 |
| Succession | Line of succession |
| Deputy | Abolished, Vice-President of the Comoros |
| Salary | CF 53,557,291 / US$117,060 annually[1] |
| Website | Official Website |
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Arab League Member State of the Arab League |
This article lists the heads of state of the Comoros, since the country gained independence from France in 1975.
Term limits
[edit | edit source]A new constitution, approved in the 2018 constitutional referendum, allows the president to run for two consecutive five-year terms. Previously during the time of the Union of the Comoros, there was a one-term rotational system in place to share the presidency between Anjouan, Grande Comore, and Mohéli.[2]
List of officeholders
[edit | edit source]State of the Comoros (1975–1978)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Title | Term of office | Party | Election | Government | Ref. | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| 1 | File:Portait officiel du président Abdallah (cropped).jpg | Ahmed Abdallah (1919–1989) |
President of the Government (until 7 July 1975) |
6 July 1975 | 3 August 1975 | 28 days | Comorian Democratic Union | ― | Abdallah I | ||
| Head of State | |||||||||||
| 2 | File:No image.png | Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918–1993) |
Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution (until 10 August 1975) |
3 August 1975 | 3 January 1976 | 153 days | Democratic Rally of the Comorian People | ― | National Council of the Revolution | ||
| Chairman of the National Executive Council | ― | National Executive Council | |||||||||
| 3 | File:No image.png | Ali Soilih (1937–1978) |
Head of State (until 28 October 1977) |
3 January 1976 | 13 May 1978 | 2 years, 130 days | Democratic Rally of the Comorian People | ― | ― | ||
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| 4 | File:No image.png | Said Atthoumani | Chairman of the Politico-Military Directorate | 13 May 1978 | 23 May 1978 | 10 days | Independent | ― | ― | ||
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Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1978–2001)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Title | Term of office | Party | Election | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| ― | Ahmed Abdallah & Mohamed Ahmed (1919–1989) (1917–1984) | Co-Chairmen of the Politico-Military Directorate (until 22 July 1978) Co-Chairmen of the Directorate | 23 May 1978 | 3 October 1978 | 133 days | UDC | ― | ||
| (1) | Ahmed Abdallah (1919–1989) | Chairman of the Directorate (until 25 October 1978) President | 3 October 1978 | 26 November 1989 † | 11 years, 54 days | UDC | 1984 | ||
| ― | Said Mohamed Djohar (1919–2006) Acting | Acting President | 27 November 1989 | 20 March 1990 | 113 days | UDC | ― | ||
| 5 | Said Mohamed Djohar (1919–2006) | President | 20 March 1990 | 29 September 1995 | 5 years, 193 days | UCP | 1990 | ||
| ― | Combo Ayouba (c. 1952–2010) | Coordinator of the Transitional Military Committee | 29 September 1995 | 2 October 1995 | 3 days | Military | ― | ||
| ― | Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim & Said Ali Kemal Acting (1936–1998) (1938–2020) | Acting President | 2 October 1995 | 5 October 1995 | 3 days | National Union for Democracy (Comoros) Party of Unity and Fraternity of the Islands | ― | ||
| ― | Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed (born 1949) Acting | Interim President | 5 October 1995 | 26 January 1996 | 113 days | RDR | ― | ||
| (5) | Said Mohamed Djohar (1919–2006) | President | 26 January 1996 | 25 March 1996 | 59 days | RDR | 1996 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998) | President | 25 March 1996 | 6 November 1998 † | 2 years, 226 days | RDR | ― | ||
| ― | Tadjidine Massounde (1933–2004) Acting | Interim President | 6 November 1998 | 30 April 1999 | 175 days | Independent | ― | ||
| 7 | Colonel Azali Assoumani (born 1959) | Chief of Staff of the National Development Army (until 6 May 1999) Head of State | 30 April 1999 | 23 December 2001 | 2 years, 237 days | Military | ― | ||
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Union of the Comoros (2001–present)
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Timeline
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Succession
[edit | edit source]Article 58[4] of the Comorian Constitution states that "in case of absolute absence of a President" the following should happen:
- If the absence (death, resignation, etc.) should occur within the first 900 days of the term, the cabinet ministers and other members of the government select among the ministers a "main minister" to serve as Interim President. Elections must also be called in no more than 60 days after the absence of the President occurs; the person who wins those elections will be president for the remainder of the original five-year presidential term.
- If the absence should occur beyond the first 900 days of the term, then the Governor of the island currently holding the presidency will assume the presidency until the end of the original five-year presidential term, at which point regular elections are held.
Latest election
[edit | edit source]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Azali Assoumani | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros | 99,541 | 57.02 | |
| Salim Issa Abdillah | Juwa Party | 19,325 | 11.07 | |
| Mohamed Daoudou | Orange Party | 17,854 | 10.23 | |
| Bourhane Hamidou | Independent | 17,569 | 10.06 | |
| Mouigni Baraka | Democratic Rally of the Comoros | 17,497 | 10.02 | |
| Aboudou Soefou | TSASI | 2,796 | 1.60 | |
| Total | 174,582 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 174,582 | 91.26 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 16,715 | 8.74 | ||
| Total votes | 191,297 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 338,940 | 56.44 | ||
| Source: CENI | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- History of the Comoros
- Politics of the Comoros
- List of sultans in the Comoros
- List of colonial governors of the Comoros
- List of prime ministers of the Comoros
- Vice-President of the Comoros
References
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