Said Atthoumani was a Comorian politician who served as the fourth president of the Comoros from 13 May 1978 to 23 May 1978 and was the nephew of the nation’s first and second presidents

Ahmed Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane (, , 12 June 1919 – 26 November 1989) was a top Comoros, Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 October 1978 until his assassination in 1 ...

and

Said Mohamed Jaffar Prince Said Mohamed Jaffar (), full name Said Mohamed Jaffar El Amjad, (April 14, 1918 in Comoros – October 22, 1993) was the second President of Comoros ''(État comorien)'' from 3 August 1975 until 3 January 1976, as well as chief minister o ...

Political career

He served as

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

of the State of Comoros, ''(État Comorien)'', briefly during 1975 when Comoros gained independence, but lost that post when

Ali Soilih Ali Soilih M'Tsashiwa (; January 7, 1937 – May 29, 1978) was a Comorian socialist revolutionary and political figure who served as the third President of the Comoros from 3 January 1976 to 13 May 1978. Biography Soilih was born in Majung ...

took power. On May 13, 1978, Atthoumani helped lead a coup in which Soilih was overthrown. Until 23 May 1978 Atthoumani headed the short-lived provisional government by leading a politico-military directorate which took charge of the State of Comoros. Ten days after the coup, the two men who had financed the coup, former president

(himself the victim of the 1975 coup) and former vice president Mohamed Ahmed, returned to Moroni from exile in Paris. After Atthoumani formally gave up power to them, they installed themselves as joint presidents, renaming the state as Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros, ''(République Fédérale Islamique des Comores)''. Soon thereafter, Abdallah was named sole executive.LOC - Comoros, The Abdallah Regime
/ref> Little other information is available about Atthoumani except that several other members of his family were politicians. He was the nephew of

, 10th and 11th Chairman of the National Executive Council of the Comoros from August 1975 to 3 January 1976.

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