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Abdallah Mohamed (died 3 February [1] 2000) was a Comorian politician. He served as prime minister of Comoros from January 7, 1976, until December 22, 1978. [2] He was a nephew of Mohamed Ahmed. [1] For most of that time he was serving under President Ali Soilih. After Soilih was overthrown and killed in a Coup d'état, Mohamed remained in his post for a few months under the new regime of Ahmed Abdallah. He was eventually dismissed, however. He died in Mutsamudu, on the island of Anjouan in 2000. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 http://rulers.org/indexm5.html
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-04-07.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Comoros list of rulers on Rulers.org
Political offices
Preceded by
office created
Prime Minister of the Comoros
1976-1978
Succeeded by
Salim Ben Ali