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Azali Assoumani
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غزالي عثماني
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![]() Assoumani in 2018
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President of the Comoros | |
Assumed office 3 April 2019 |
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Preceded by | Moustadroine Abdou |
In office 26 May 2016 – 13 February 2019 |
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Vice President | Abdallah Said Sarouma Djaffar Ahmed Said Moustadroine Abdou |
Preceded by | Ikililou Dhoinine |
Succeeded by | Moustadroine Abdou (interim) |
In office 26 May 2002 – 26 May 2006 |
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Vice President | Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed Rachidi ben Massonde |
Preceded by | Hamada Madi (interim) |
Succeeded by | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
President of the Council of State of the Comoros | |
In office 30 April 1999 – 21 January 2002 |
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Preceded by | Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Hamada Madi (Acting) |
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Born | Mitsoudjé, Comoros |
1 January 1959
Political party | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros |
Spouse(s) | Ambari Assoumani |
Profession | Senior military officer |
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Azali Assoumani (Arabic: غزالي عثماني; born 1 January 1959) is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as President of the Comoros since April 2019. He was also president from 2002 to 2006 and 2016 to February 2019. He became head of state after staging a coup d'état in 1999 and was elected president in 2002, 2016 and April 2019.
Diplomacy
In 2022, Assoumani was invited by President Paul Biya of Cameroon to open the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations at Olembe Stadium, Yaoundé. On 28 September 2022, on the occasion of the state funeral for Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, in Tokyo, Assoumani was one of only seven heads of state which met with Japanese Emperor Naruhito.
See also
In Spanish: Azali Assoumani para niños
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