Saïd Abeid Abdérémane served as the President of Anjouan from 1999 to August 2001, having led the breakaway movement from Comoros in 1997.FreedomHouse.org He was preceded by Foundi Ibrahim Abdallah, who was usurped by Abeid after a couple days of street battles in September 1999.World: Africa Faction leader forced off Anjouan He was succeeded by Mohamed Bacar, following a putsch."IRIN Briefing on separatist crisis" In November 2001, he tried to regain power in a failed coup against Bacar, as he was opposed to Bacar's efforts to reunify with Comoros.One dead in Anjouan clashes
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