Said Atthoumani was a
Comorian politician.
Political career
He served as
interior minister of the State of Comoros, ''(État Comorien)'', briefly during 1975 when Comoros gained independence, but lost that post when
Ali Soilih
Ali Soilih M'Tsashiwa ( ar, علي صويلح; January 7, 1937 – May 29, 1978) was a Comorian socialist revolutionary and political figure who served as the 3rd President of the Comoros from 3 January 1976 to 13 May 1978.
Biography
Soilih ...
took power. On May 13, 1978, Atthoumani helped lead a
coup in which Soilih was overthrown.
Until 23 May 1978 Atthoumani headed the short-lived provisional government by leading a politico-military directorate which took charge of the State of Comoros. Ten days after the coup, the two men who had financed the coup, former president
Ahmed Abdallah
Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane ( ar, أحمد عبد الله عبد الرحمن, , 12 June 1919 – 26 November 1989) was a Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 Octobe ...
(himself the victim of the 1975 coup) and former vice president
Mohamed Ahmed, returned to Moroni from exile in Paris. After Atthoumani formally gave up power to them, they installed themselves as joint presidents, renaming the state as Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros, ''(République Fédérale Islamique des Comores)''. Soon thereafter, Abdallah was named sole executive.
LOC - Comoros, The Abdallah Regime
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Little other information is available about Atthoumani except that several other members of his family were politicians. He was the nephew of Said Mohamed Jaffar, Chairman of the National Executive Council of the Comoros from August 1975 to 3 January 1976.
See also
*List of heads of state of the Comoros
The following is a list of heads of state of the Comoros, since the country gained independence from France in 1975.
List of officeholders
Timeline
Succession
Article 58 of the Comorian Constitution states that "in case of absolute absenc ...
References
Living people
Interior ministers of the Comoros
Year of birth missing (living people)
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