List of heads of state of the Comoros
Heads of State of the Comoros (1975–present)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

List of heads of state of the Comoros

Section Title: Heads of State of the Comoros (1975–present)
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes

State of the Comoros	Independence from France

(État Comorien)

1	6 July 1975 to 7 July 1975	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), President of the Government	UDC	1st Term. Deposed in a coup d'état

2	7 July 1975 to 3 August 1975	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), Head of State

3	3 August 1975 to 10 August 1975	Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918-1993), Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution	UNF

4	10 August 1975 to 3 January 1976	Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918-1993), Chairman of the National Executive Council

5	3 January 1976 to 28 October 1977	Ali Soilih (1937-1978), Head of State	RDPC

6	28 October 1977 to 13 May 1978	Ali Soilih (1937-1978), President	Deposed in a coup d'état

7	13 May 1978 to 23 May 1978	Said Atthoumani, Chairman of the Politico-Military Directorate	UNF

Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros

(République fédérale islamique des Comores)

(Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Itthadiyah al-Islamiyah)

8	23 May 1978 to 22 July 1978	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), Co-Chairman of the Politico-Military Directorate	UDC	2nd Term

9	Mohamed Ahmed (1917-1984), Co-Chairman of the Politico-Military Directorate	UDC

10	22 July 1978 to 3 October 1978	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), Co-Chairman of the Directorate	UDC	2nd Term

11	Mohamed Ahmed (1917-1984), Co-Chairman of the Directorate	UDC

12	3 October 1978 to 25 October 1978	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), Chairman of the Directorate	UDC	2nd Term

13	25 October 1978 to 26 November 1989	Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989), President	UDC/UCP	2nd Term; Assassinated

14	26 November 1989 to 27 November 1989	Haribon Chebani, Provisional President	UCP	Deposed in a coup d'état

15	27 November 1989 to 20 March 1990	Said Mohamed Djohar (1918-2006), Acting President	UCP/RDR

16	20 March 1990 to 29 September 1995	Said Mohamed Djohar (1918-2006), President	1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état

17	29 September 1995 to 2 October 1995	Combo Ayouba (1953-2010), Coordinator of the Transitional Military Committee	Mil

18	2 October 1995 to 5 October 1995	Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936-1998), Acting President	UNDC	1st Term

19	Said Ali Kemal, Acting President	CHUMA

20	5 October 1995 to 26 January 1996	Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed (1948-), Interim President	RDR

21	26 January 1996 to 25 March 1996	Said Mohamed Djohar (1918-2006), President	RDR	2nd Term

22	25 March 1996 to 6 November 1998	Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936-1998), President	RND	2nd Term; Died in office

23	6 November 1998 to 30 April 1999	Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (1933-2004), Interim President	n-p	Deposed in a coup d'état

24	30 April 1999 to 6 May 1999	-	Azali Assoumani (1959-), Chief of Staff of the National Development Army	Mil	1st Term

25	6 May 1999 to 23 December 2001	Azali Assoumani (1959-), Head of State	1st Term

Union of the Comoros (Union des Comores)

الاتحاد القمر (Udzima wa Komori)

26	23 December 2001 to 21 January 2002	-	Azali Assoumani (1959-), Head of State	Mil	1st Term

27	21 January 2002 to 26 May 2002	-	Hamada Madi Bolero (1965-), Interim President	PRC

28	26 May 2002 to 26 May 2006	-	Azali Assoumani (1959-), President	CRC	2nd Term

29	26 May 2006 to 26 May 2011	-	Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi (1958-), President	BM

30	26 May 2011 to 26 May 2016	-	Ikililou Dhoinine (1962-), President	BM

31	26 May 2016 to 3 February 2019	-	Azali Assoumani (1959-), President	CRC	3rd Term

32	3 February 2019 to 26 May 2019	Moustadroine Abdou (1959-), Interim president	CRC

33	From 26 May 2019	-	Azali Assoumani (1959-), President	CRC	4th Term

Sentence(s)

After the death of President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim on 6 November 1998, Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde became the interim President.

final_sentence: After the death of President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim on 6 November 1998, Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde became the interim President.