List of heads of government of Comoros

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This is a list of heads of government of the Comoros.

Colonial heads of government

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
25 March 1841	Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843
Mayotte Protectorate;
1841 to June 1843	Pierre Passot, French Representative
Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/Réunion
June 1843 to 11 March 1844	Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior	1st Term
11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844	Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior
17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844	Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior
22 October 1844 to January 1846	Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior
January 1846 to August 1849	Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior	2nd Term
Subordinated to the governors of Réunion
11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851	Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner
13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853	Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner
18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854	André Brisset, acting Commissioner
13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857	Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner
15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860	Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner
14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864	Charles Gabrié, Commissioner
14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868	Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner	1st Term
8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869	Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner
15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869	L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner
21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871	Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner	2nd Term
4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871	Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner	1st Term
19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875	Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner	1st Term
1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875	Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner
16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875	François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner
26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878	Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner	2nd Term
2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878	Jean Roblin, acting Commandant
9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879	Charles Vassal, acting Commandant
7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879	Charles Bayet, acting Commandant
16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879	Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant
31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885	François Marie Ferriez, Commandant
3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886	Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant
Ngazidja Grande Comore, Ndzuwani Anjouan, and Mwali Mohéli French protectorates
24 June 1886 to August 1887	Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant	(contd.)
19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887	Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant
Protectorate of the Comoros (Protectorat des Comores)
5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888	Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant
4 May 1887 to 1893	Clovis Papinaud, Commandant	1st Term
1893 to 30 March 1896	Etinne Lacascade, Commandant
30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897	Gentien Pereton, Commandant
5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899	Louis Micon, Commandant
7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900	Clovis Papinaud, Commandant	2nd Term
18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902	Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor
15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905	Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor
28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906	Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor
3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908	Fernand Foureau, Governor
Dependent Territory of Madagascar
9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908	Fernand Foureau, Governor	(contd.)
8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911	Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator
1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911	Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator
28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912
25 July 1912	Annexed by France
Mayotte and Dependencies	Under Madagascar; ratified 23 February 1914
25 July 1912 to 21 February 1913	Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator
21 February 1913 to 1914	Honoré Cartron, Administrator
23 February 1914	de facto subordinated to Madagascar
24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946	Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior
French overseas territory
27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948	Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior
31 December 1948 to December 1950	Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior
December 1950 to April 1956	Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior
April 1956 to 11 February 1958	Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior
11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959	Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior
30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960	Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior
14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961	Louis Saget, Administrator-superior
State of Comoros	Autonomous
(Etat Comorien)
22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962	Louis Saget, Administrator-superior	(contd.)
27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962	Louis Saget, High Commissioner
22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963	Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner
15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966	Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner
26 July 1966 to November 1969	Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner
November 1969 to July 1975	Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner
6 July 1975	Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte

Independent heads of government

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
French Suzerainty
French overseas territory
13 August 1957 to 1 January 1962	Mohamed Ahmed, Vice President of the Government Council
1 January 1962 to 16 March 1970	Said Mohamed Cheikh, President of the Government Council	PV/UDC
2 April 1970 to 16 June 1972	Said Ibrahim Ben Ali, President of the Government Council	PB/UDC
16 June 1972 to 26 December 1972	Said Mohamed Jaffar, President of the Government Council	RDPC
26 December 1972 to 6 July 1975	Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Government Council	PV/UDC
State of Comoros	Independence from France
(Etat Comorien)
7 January 1976 to 24 May 1978	Abdallah Mohamed, Prime Minister
Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros
(République Fédérale Islamique des Comores)
(Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Itthadiyah al-Islamiyah)
24 May 1978 to 22 December 1978	Abdallah Mohamed, Prime Minister
22 December 1978 to 8 February 1982	Salim Ben Ali, Prime Minister
8 February 1982 to 31 December 1984	Ali Mroudjae, Prime Minister	UCP
31 December 1984 to 7 January 1992	vacant
7 January 1992 to 15 July 1992	Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Prime Minister	RND
15 July 1992 to 1 January 1993	vacant
1 January 1993 to 26 May 1993	Ibrahim Abderamane Halidi, Prime Minister
26 May 1993 to 19 June 1993	Said Ali Mohamed, Prime Minister
20 June 1993 to 2 January 1994	Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane, Prime Minister
2 January 1994 to 14 October 1994	Mohamed Abdou Madi, Prime Minister	RND
14 October 1994 to 29 April 1995	Halifa Houmadi, Prime Minister	RND
29 April 1995 to 27 March 1996	Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed, Prime Minister
27 March 1996 to 27 December 1996	Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, Prime Minister
27 December 1996 to 9 September 1997	Ahmed Abdou, Prime Minister
7 December 1997 to 30 May 1998	Nourdine Bourhane, Prime Minister
30 May 1998 to 22 November 1998	vacant
22 November 1998 to 30 April 1999	Abbas Djoussouf, Prime Minister	FNR
30 April 1999 to 2 December 1999	vacant
2 December 1999 to 29 November 2000	Bianrifi Tarmidi, Prime Minister
29 November 2000 to 23 December 2001	Hamada Madi, Prime Minister
Union of Comoros (Union des Comores)
الاتحاد القمر (Udzima wa Komori)
23 December 2001 to 15 April 2002	Hamada Madi, Prime Minister		(contd.)
15 April 2002 to Present	vacant

Affiliations

FNR	Forum nationale de reprise	(Forum of National Recovery) - pro-federated republic
NJ	Front National pour la Justice	(National Front for Justice) - islamist
RND	Rassemblement National pour la Développement	(National Rally for Development) - conservative traditionalist
UCP	Union Comorienne pour le Progrès	(Comorian Union for Progress) - only legal party Feb 1982-1989
UNF	Uni National Front	(United National Front) - anti-Abdallah
FNUK-Unikom	Front National Uni des Komoriens-Union des Komoriens	(United National Front of Comorians-Union of Comoros) - anti-Soilih 1979-
MLIC	Mouvement pour la Libération des Îles Comores	(Comoro Liberation Movement) - pro-independence, anti-French
PB	Parti Blanc	(White Party) - progressive, later RDPC
PV	Parti Vert	(Green Party) - later RND
RDPC	Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Comorien	(Democratic Assembly of the Comorian People) i progressive
UDC	Union Démocratique des Comores	(Comoros Democratic Union) - conservative
Mil	Military

See also

• List of sultans on the Comoros
• Heads of state of the Comoros