Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
Azali Assoumani (Arabic: غزالي عثماني; born 1 January 1959) is a Comorian politician who is the current President of the Comoros, in office since 2016. Previously he was President from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2002 to 2006. He became leader of the Comoros on 30 April 1999 after leading a coup to depose acting president Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, who he saw as pandering to the independence movement on Anjouan. He won multi-party elections in 2002, prior to which he was constitutionally required to temporarily step down in order to run as a candidate.
On 15 May 2016, he was declared by the Constitutional Court to have won the 2016 presidential election to succeed President Ikililou Dhoinine.