The following article lists the rulers and heads of state of the Comoros islands.
Sultans of Ndzuwani (Anjouan)
Sultans of Mayotte
Sultans on Ngazidja (Grande Comore)
Sultans of Mwali (Mohéli)
Heads of state of the Comoros (1975–present) (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
NPortraitPresident (Birth–Death)TenurePolitical PartyState of the Comoros,Independence from France1Mohamed Ahmed 13 August 1957 to 1 January 1962Inde2Saïd Mohamed Cheikh1 January 1962 to 16 March 1970Inde3Saïd Ibrahim Ben Ali2 April 1970 to 2 April 1972Inde4Abdallah Mohamed2 April 1972 to 7 July 1975Inde5Ahmed AbdallahUDC6Said Mohamed Jaffar3 August 1975 to 1 January
1976UNF7Mohamed Hassan Ali1 January 1976
to
30 January
1976Inde8Ali Soilih,30 January 1976 to 13 May 1977'UDC9Said AtthoumaniUDCFederal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros10Ahmed Abdallah UDC11Mohamed Ahmed23 May 1978 to 22 July 1978 12Ahmed Abdallah22 July 1978 to 3 October 197813Mohamed Ahmed3 October 1978 to 3 October 197814Ahmed Abdallah15Said Mohamed Djohar27 November 1989 to 29 September 1995UCP/RDR16Combo AyoubaMil17Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim2 October 1995 to 4 October 1995UNDC18Said Ali Kemal4 October 1995 to 5 October 1995Inde19Caabi El-Yachroutu MohamedRDR20Said Mohamed Djohar21Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim22Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, 23Azali Assoumani30 April 1999 to 21 January 2002Mil24Hamada Madi BoleroCRC25Azali Assoumani26Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed SambiBM27Ikililou Dhoinine28Azali AssoumaniCRC29Moustadroine Abdou30Azali Assoumani Presidents of Comoros
List of officeholders
Portrait Name Took office Left office Representing President State of the Comoros Mohamed Hassanaly January 1976 13 May 1978 Mohéli Ali Soilih Union of the Comoros (2002–2019) Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed 26 May 2002 26 May 2006 AnjouanAzali Assoumani Rachidi ben Massonde 26 May 2002 26 May 2006Mohéli Ikililou Dhoinine 26 May 2006 26 May 2011Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi Idi Nadhoim 26 May 2006 26 May 2011 Grande Comore Fouad Mohadji 26 May 2011 26 May 2016 MohéliIkililou Dhoinine Mohamed Ali Soilihi 26 May 2011 26 May 2016 Grande Comore Nourdine Bourhane 26 May 2011 26 May 2016 Anjouan Abdallah Said Sarouma 26 May 2016 26 May 2019 MohéliAzali Assoumani Djaffar Ahmed Said 26 May 2016 26 May 2019 Grande Comore Moustadroine Abdou 26 May 2016 26 May 2019 Anjouan
Heads of government TenurePortrait Incumbent Affiliation NotesFrench SuzeraintyFrench overseas territory13 August 1957 to 1 January 1962 Mohamed Ahmed, Vice President of the Government CouncilPV1 January 1962 to 16 March 1970 Saïd Mohamed Cheikh, President of the Government CouncilPVDied in office2 April 1970 to 16 June 1972 Saïd Ibrahim Ben Ali, President of the Government CouncilPB16 June 1972 to 26 December 1972 Said Mohamed Jaffar, President of the Government CouncilRDPC26 December 1972 to 6 July 1975 Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Government CouncilUDCState of ComorosIndependence from France(Etat Comorien)7 January 1976 to 24 May 1978 Abdallah Mohamed, Prime MinisterUDCFederal 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 MinisterUDC(contd.)22 December 1978 to 8 February 1982 Salim Ben Ali, Prime MinisterUCP8 February 1982 to 31 December 1984Ali Mroudjaé, Prime MinisterUCP31 December 1984 to 7 January 1992Post abolished7 January 1992 to 15 July 1992Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Prime MinisterRND15 July 1992 to 1 January 1993Vacant1 January 1993 to 26 May 1993 Ibrahim Halidi, Prime MinisterUDD26 May 1993 to 19 June 1993 Said Ali Mohamed, Prime MinisterRND20 June 1993 to 2 January 1994 Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane, Prime MinisterRDR2 January 1994 to 14 October 1994 Mohamed Abdou Madi, Prime MinisterRDR14 October 1994 to 29 April 1995 Halifa Houmadi, Prime MinisterRDR29 April 1995 to 27 March 1996 Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed, Prime MinisterRDR27 March 1996 to 27 December 1996 Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, Prime Ministern-p27 December 1996 to 9 September 1997 Ahmed Abdou, Prime MinisterRND7 December 1997 to 30 May 1998 Nourdine Bourhane, Prime Ministern-p30 May 1998 to 22 November 1998Vacant22 November 1998 to 30 April 1999 Abbas Djoussouf, Prime MinisterFNRDeposed in a coup d'état30 April 1999 to 7 December 1999Vacant2 December 1999 to 29 November 2000 Bianrifi Tarmidi, Prime Ministern-p29 November 2000 to 23 December 2001Hamada Madi, Prime MinisterPRCUnion of Comoros (Union des Comores) الاتحاد القمر (Udzima wa Komori)23 December 2001 to 15 April 2002Hamada Madi, Prime MinisterPRC(contd.)15 April 2002 to presentPost abolished
Colonial governors TenureIncumbentNotesFrench Suzerainty25 March 1841Annexed by France; ratified 13 June 1843Colony of Mayotte1841 to June 1843Pierre Passot, French Representative Subordinated to the governors of Île de Bourbon/RéunionJune 1843 to 11 March 1844Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior1st Term11 March 1844 to 17 June 1844Paul Charles Rang, Commandant-Superior 17 June 1844 to 22 October 1844Charles Louis Thiebault, acting Commandant-Superior 22 October 1844 to January 1846Auguste Le Brun, acting Commandant-Superior January 1846 to August 1849Pierre Passot, Commandant-Superior2nd TermSubordinated to the governors of Réunion11 August 1849 to 13 June 1851Stanislas Fortune Livet, Commissioner 13 June 1851 to 18 October 1853Philibert Bonfils, Commissioner 18 October 1853 to 13 December 1854André Brisset, acting Commissioner 13 December 1854 to 15 August 1857Auguste Joseph Verand, Commissioner 15 August 1857 to 14 August 1860Charles Auguste Morel, Commissioner 14 August 1860 to 14 December 1864Charles Gabrié, Commissioner 14 December 1864 to 8 July 1868Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner1st Term8 July 1868 to 15 April 1869Joseph Ferdinand Hayes, acting Commissioner 15 April 1869 to 21 May 1869L.J. Leguay, acting Commissioner 21 May 1869 to 4 March 1871Joseph Christophe Colomb, Commissioner2nd Term4 March 1871 to 19 December 1871Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, acting Commissioner1st Term19 December 1871 to 1 March 1875Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner1st Term1 March 1875 to 16 September 1875Claude Fontaine, acting Commissioner 16 September 1875 to 26 December 1875François Marie Ferriez, acting Commissioner 26 December 1875 to 2 January 1878Patrice Louis Ventre de la Touloubre, Commissioner2nd Term2 January 1878 to 9 December 1878Jean Roblin, acting Commandant 9 December 1878 to 7 September 1879Charles Vassal, acting Commandant 7 September 1879 to 16 December 1879Charles Bayet, acting Commandant 16 December 1879 to 31 December 1879Edouard Sasias, acting Commandant 31 December 1879 to 3 March 1885François Marie Ferriez, Commandant 3 March 1885 to 24 June 1886Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant Ngazidja (Grande Comore), Ndzuwani (Anjouan), and Mwali (Mohéli) French protectorates24 June 1886 to August 1887Anne Léodor Philotée Metellus Gerville-Réache, Commandant(contd.)19 August 1887 to 5 September 1887Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de Blainville, Commandant Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies (Colony de Mayotte et Dépendances)5 September 1887 to 4 May 1888Paul Celeron de Blainville, Commandant 4 May 1887 to 1893Clovis Papinaud, Commandant1st Term1893 to 30 March 1896Etinne Lacascade, Commandant 30 March 1896 to 5 August 1897Gentien Pereton, Commandant 5 August 1897 to 7 March 1899Louis Micon, Commandant 7 March 1899 to 18 September 1900Clovis Papinaud, Commandant2nd Term18 September 1900 to 15 October 1902Pierre Hunert Auguste Pascal, Governor 15 October 1902 to 28 February 1905Alfred Albert Martineau, Governor 28 February 1905 to 3 March 1906Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet, Governor 3 March 1906 to 9 April 1908Fernand Foureau, Governor Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies attached to Madagascar9 April 1908 to 8 September 1908Fernand Foureau, Governor(contd.)8 September 1908 to 1 May 1911Charles Henri Vergnes, Administrator 1 May 1911 to 28 September 1911Frédéric Estèbe, Administrator 28 September 1911 to 25 July 1912 25 July 1912Colony of Mayotte and Dependencies abolished and incorporated into MadagascarProvince of ComorosUnder Madagascar; ratified 23 February 191425 July 1912 to 21 February 1913Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton, Administrator 21 February 1913 to 1914Honoré Cartron, Administrator 23 February 1914de jure subordinated to Madagascar24 October 1946 to 27 October 1946Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior French overseas territory27 October 1946 to 31 December 1948Alain Alaniou, Administrator-superior 31 December 1948 to December 1950Marie Emmanuel Adolphe Roger Rémy, acting Administrator-superior December 1950 to April 1956Pierre Coudert, Administrator-superior April 1956 to 11 February 1958Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, acting Administrator-superior 11 February 1958 to 30 June 1959Georges Victor Maurice Arnaud, Administrator-superior 30 June 1959 to 14 December 1960Gabriel Savignac, acting Administrator-superior 14 December 1960 to 22 December 1961Louis Saget, Administrator-superior Territory of ComorosAutonomous(Territoire des Comores)22 December 1961 to 27 February 1962Louis Saget, Administrator-superior(contd.)27 February 1962 to 22 May 1962Louis Saget, High Commissioner 22 May 1962 to 15 February 1963Yves de Daruvar, High Commissioner 15 February 1963 to 26 July 1966Henri Joseph Marie Bernard, High Commissioner 26 July 1966 to November 1969Antoine Colombani, High Commissioner November 1969 to July 1975Jacques Mouradian, High Commissioner 6 July 1975Independence as State of Comoros, and secession of Mayotte
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of the Comoros
List of officeholders Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.