Azali Assoumani
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Azali Assoumani | |
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غزالي عثماني | |
President of the Comoros | |
Assumed office 26 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Moustadroine Abdou |
In office 26 May 2016 – 3 February 2019 | |
Vice President | Abdallah Said Sarouma Djaffar Ahmed Said Moustadroine Abdou |
Preceded by | Ikililou Dhoinine |
Succeeded by | Moustadroine Abdou |
In office 26 May 2002 – 26 May 2006 | |
Vice President | Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed |
Preceded by | Hamada Madi (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
In office 30 April 1999 – 21 January 2002 | |
Preceded by | Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Hamada Madi (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mitsoudjé, Comoros | 1 January 1959
Political party | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros |
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Azali Assoumani (Arabic: غزالي عثماني, born January 1, 1959) is a Comorian politician who is the current President of the Comoros, In office since 2016. Previously he was President from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2002 to 2006. He became leader of the Comoros on 30 April 1999 after leading a coup to depose acting president Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, who he saw as pandering to the on Anjouan. He won multi-party elections in 2002, prior to which he was constitutionally required to temporarily step down in order to run as a candidate.
On 15 May 2016 he was declared by the Constitutional Court to have won the 2016 presidential election to succeed President Ikililou Dhoinine.
Life and career[]
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Azali was born in 1959 at Mitsoudjé in south-western Grande Comore. Until he overthrew the civilian government in 1999, he pursued a military career for two decades. Between 1977 and 1980 he trained at the Royal Military Academy in Morocco and qualified as a parachutist. On his return to Comoros, he joined the FAC. After the death of Abdullah and the departure of the mercenaries in 1989−1990, Major Azali became a senior officer in the new Comorian Defense Force (FCD). In 1996 he undertook further training at a French military academy and was promoted to colonel and chief of staff of the new National Army of Development (NAD).
Until 2018 the presidency rotated every five years between the country's three islands, Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli.[1][2] The 2018 constitutional referendum ended this system and allowed Azali to stand in the 2019 Comorian presidential election, which he won in the first round of voting receiving 60.7% of the votes cast.[3] He resumed his duties in April 2019.[4]
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- ^ Ouildamedine, Aminat (26 March 2019). "Elections aux Comores : Azali Assoumani est élu dès le premier tour avec 60,7%". Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "International Elections and Leaders: April 2019 Update". OEF Research. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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- Comorian military personnel
- Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros politicians
- Leaders who took power by coup
- Living people
- People from Grande Comore
- Presidents of the Comoros