Ikililou Dhoinine (, born 14 August 1962) is a Comorian politician who was the

President 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 ...

from 2011 to 2016; he was a Vice-President of Comoros from 2006 to 2011.

Political career

Dhoinine won the

2010 Comorian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 7 November 2010, with a second round on 26 December, alongside gubernatorial elections for the three main islands. The result was a victory for Ikililou Dhoinine, who received 61% of the vote. ...

, in which he received the most votes in the first round (28.19%). He faced

Mohamed Said Fazul Mohamed Said Fazul (born 18 September 1960) was president of the Comorian island of Mohéli from 19 May 2002 to 1 July 2007. He worked as a pharmacist and taught natural sciences at a Fomboni college until his nomination by President Azali Assou ...

and

Abdou Djabir Abdou Djabir Msada is a Comorian politician and civil servant. He ran for the Presidency of the Comoros in 2010 and finished in third place behind winner Ikililou Dhoinine. Djabir was born on the island of Mohéli and worked as a civil servant in ...

in a run-off election and received 61.12% to win the Presidency. A member of the ruling party, Dhoinine was supported in the election by incumbent President

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi Sayyid Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi ( ar, أحمد عبدالله محمد سامبي, born 5 June 1958) is a Comorian Islamic leader and politician, and former President of Comoros. He is popularly known as 'Ayatollah'. After easily winning the ...

. Previously, he had worked in the Ministry of Finance as the Vice-President in charge of Budget and Women's Entrepreneurship. From 26 March to 31 March 2008, he was the provisional

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, an island in the Comoros. Dhoinine, a pharmacist by training, is the first President of Comoros from the island of

Mohéli Mohéli , also known as Mwali, is an autonomous island that forms part of the Comoros, Union of the Comoros. It is the smallest of the three major islands in the country. It is located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa and it is the sma ...

. Dhoinine served for five years as deputy to outgoing president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi. At his inauguration Dhoinine pledged to "stop at nothing in the fight against corruption". As such he initiated the National Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Corruption and the Regulatory Authority for Public Procurement to increase transparency. Dhoinine's wife is Hadidja Abubacarr I'Dhoinine, the former

First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

of Comoros.

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