Mouzawar Abdallah (1941 – 30 April 2020) was a Comorian politician.

Biography

Abdallah earned a degree in psychology from the

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in 1966, and worked as a primary school principal starting in 1967. Abdallah was a leader in the Democratic Rally of the Comorian People. He was an opponent of

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, the first

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. He was also a member of Parti Blanc. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1978 under the Presidency of

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. Abdallah was defeated in the

1993 Comorian legislative election Early parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 12 December 1993, with a second round in all but four seats on 20 December. The elections were held after President Said Mohamed Djohar dissolved the Federal Assembly elected in November 1 ...

and did not make it past the first round in the

1996 Comorian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 6 March 1996, with a second round on 16 March. The result was a victory for Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who had come second in the 1990 elections (despite winning the most votes in the first round ...

. He was President of the Comorian Constitutional Court from 2007 to 2008. Abdallah died in 2020 from COVID-19.

References

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