Ikililou Dhoinine
| Ikililou Dhoinine إكليل ظنين | |
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| President of the Comoros | |
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In office 26 May 2011 – 26 May 2016 | |
| Vice President |
Fouad Mohadji Mohamed Ali Soilih Nourdine Bourhane |
| Preceded by |
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
| Succeeded by | Azali Assoumani |
| Vice President of the Comoros | |
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In office 2006–2011 Serving with Idi Nadhoim | |
| President | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi |
| Preceded by |
Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed Rachidi ben Massonde |
| Succeeded by |
Fouad Mohadji Mohamed Ali Soilih Nourdine Bourhane |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 August 1962 Djoièzi, Comoros |
| Political party | Baobab Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Hadidja Abubacarr |
Ikililou Dhoinine (born 14 August 1962) is a Comorian politician who was President of Comoros from 2011 to 2016; 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 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. United Nations
- ↑ Comoros Worldstatesmen.org
- ↑ "Comoros islanders elect Ikililou Dhoinine as president". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 "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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| Political offices | ||
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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 2011–2016 |
Succeeded by Azali Assoumani |
