Ikililou Dhoinine
| Ikililou Dhoinine | |
|---|---|
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| President of the Comoros | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1962 Djoièzi, Comoros |
| 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 previously 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".[6] As such he initiated the National Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Corruption and the Regulatory Authority for Public Procurement to increase transparency.[7]
Dhoinine's wife is Hadidja Abubacarr I'Dhoinine, the First Lady of Comoros.[8]
References
- ↑ Dhoinine leading Comoros poll News24.com, 8 November 2010
- ↑ Members of the Government of the Union of Comoros United Nations
- ↑ Comoros Worldstatesmen.org
- ↑ BBC News
- ↑ President: Ikililou Dhoinine
- ↑ President: Ikililou Dhoinine
- ↑ http://www.alwatwan.net/index.php?home=actu.php&actu_id=5970
- ↑ "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 Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
President of the Comoros 2011–present |
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