Azali Assoumani
Azali Assoumani | |
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غزالي عثماني | |
Assoumani in 2023 | |
| 7th President of the Comoros | |
| Assumed office 3 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Moustadroine Abdou (acting) |
| In office 26 May 2016 – 13 February 2019 | |
| Vice President | Abdallah Said Sarouma Djaffar Ahmed Said Moustadroine Abdou |
| Preceded by | Ikililou Dhoinine |
| Succeeded by | Moustadroine Abdou (acting) |
| In office 26 May 2002 – 26 May 2006 | |
| 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 | |
| Prime Minister | Bianrifi Tarmidi Hamada Madi |
| Preceded by | Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hamada Madi (acting) |
| 21st Chairperson of the African Union | |
| In office 18 February 2023 – 17 February 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Macky Sall |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1959 Mitsoudjé, French Comoros |
| Political party | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros |
| Spouse | Ambari Daroueche 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 the seventh President of the Comoros from 2002 to 2006 and again since 2016, except for a brief period in 2019. He became head of state after staging a coup d'état in 1999 and was elected president in 2002, 2016, 2019 and 2024. He also served as Chairperson of the African Union from February 2023 to February 2024. Assoumani's current presidency has been described as increasingly authoritarian.