List of heads of state of the Comoros

This article lists the heads of state of the Comoros, since the country gained independence from France in 1975.

Term limits

A new constitution, approved in the 2018 constitutional referendum allows the president to run for two consecutive five-year terms. Previously during the time of Union of the Comoros, there was a one-term rotational system in place to share the presidency between Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli.<ref name="termlimits">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of officeholders

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Title	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Template:Flagicon image/Template:Flagicon • State of the Comoros (État Comorien)
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon • Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (République fédérale islamique des Comores) (Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Itthadiyah al-Islamiyah)
Template:Flagicon • Union of the Comoros (Union des Comores) / الاتحاد القمر (dzima wa Komori)

Timeline

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 from: 21/01/2002 till: 26/05/2002 color:prc         text:"Hamada Madi (acting)"
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Succession

Article 58<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of the Comorian Constitution states that "in case of absolute absence of a President" the following should happen:

• If the absence (death, resignation, etc.) should occur within the first 900 days of the term, the cabinet ministers and other members of the government select among the ministers a "main minister" to serve as Interim President. Elections must also be called in no more than 60 days after the absence of the President occurs; the person who wins those elections will be president for the remainder of the original five-year presidential term.
• If the absence should occur beyond the first 900 days of the term, then the Governor of the island currently holding the presidency will assume the presidency until the end of the original five-year presidential term, at which point regular elections are held.

Latest election

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See also

• History of the Comoros
• Politics of the Comoros
• List of sultans on the Comoros
• List of colonial governors of the Comoros
• List of prime ministers of the Comoros
• Vice-President of the Comoros

External links

• World Statesmen – Comoros