Ikililou Dhoinine إكليل ظنين |
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President of the Comoros | |
Assumed office 26 May 2011 |
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Vice President | Fouad Mohadji Mohamed Ali Soilih Nourdine Bourhane |
Preceded by | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
Vice President of the Comoros | |
In office 2006–2011 Serving with Idi Nadhoim |
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President | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
Preceded by | Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed Rachidi ben Massonde |
Succeeded by | Fouad Mohadji Mohamed Ali Soilih Nourdine Bourhane |
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Born | Djoièzi, Comoros |
14 August 1962
Political party | Baobab Movement |
Spouse(s) | Hadidja Abubacarr |
Religion | Islam |
Ikililou Dhoinine (born 14 August 1962) is a Comorian politician who has been President of Comoros since 2011; he was a Vice-President of Comoros from 2006 to 2011.
Political career
Dhoinine won the 2010 Comorian presidential election, in which he received the most votes in the first round (28.19%). He faced Mohamed Said Fazul and Abdou Djabir in a run-off election[1] 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. Previously, he had worked in the Ministry of Finance as the Vice-President in charge of Budget and Women's Entrepreneurship.[2] From 26 March to 31 March 2008, he was the provisional President of Anjouan, an island in the Comoros.[3]
Dhoinine, a pharmacist by training, is the first President of Comoros from the island of Mohéli.[4]
Dhoinine served for five years as deputy to outgoing president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.[5]
At his inauguration Dhoinine pledged to "stop at nothing in the fight against corruption".[5] As such he initiated the National Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Corruption and the Regulatory Authority for Public Procurement to increase transparency.[6]
Dhoinine's wife is Hadidja Abubacarr I'Dhoinine, the First Lady of Comoros.[7]
References
- ^ Dhoinine leading Comoros poll News24.com, 8 November 2010
- ^ Members of the Government of the Union of Comoros United Nations
- ^ Comoros Worldstatesmen.org
- ^ "Comoros islanders elect Ikililou Dhoinine as president". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Comoros profile". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Actualité des Comores / Indice de perception de la corruption 2013 : Les Comores de mieux en mieux notées! / Al-Watwan, quotidien comorien". alwatwan.net. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "African First Ladies to Start Arriving Gambia Today - Ahead of Crucial Women Forum". The Daily Observer (AllAfrica.com). 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
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Preceded by Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed Rachidi ben Massonde |
Vice President of the Comoros 2006-2011 Served alongside: Idi Nadhoim |
Succeeded by Fouad Mohadji Mohamed Ali Soilih Nourdine Bourhane |
Preceded by Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
President of the Comoros 2011–present |
Incumbent |
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