Dhoihir Dhoulkamal | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 28 September 2020 | |
President | Azali Assoumani |
Preceded by | Mohamed El-Amine Souef |
Personal details | |
Born | Anjouan,Comoros |
Occupation | Politician |
Dhoihir Dhoulkamal is a Comorian politician from Anjouan. He has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 28 September 2020 in Comoros. [1] [2]
The Comoros,officially the Union of the Comoros,is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa,located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population,and the official state religion,is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975. A member of the Arab League,it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a member state of the African Union,the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie,the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation,and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages:Shikomori,French and Arabic.
The Comorians inhabiting Grande Comore,Anjouan,and Mohéli share African-Arab origins. Islam is the dominant religion,and Quranic schools for children reinforce its influence. Although Islamic culture is firmly established throughout,a small minority are Christian.
The Comorian Armed Forces are the national military of the Comoros. The armed forces consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force,as well as a 500-member defense force. A defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters,training of Comorian military personnel,and air surveillance. France maintains a small troop presence in the Comoros at government request. France maintains a small Navy base and a Foreign Legion Detachment (DLEM) in Mayotte.
"Udzima wa ya Masiwa" is the national anthem of the Comoros. Adopted in 1978,it was written by Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane,who also composed the music with Kamildine Abdallah.
Azali Assoumani is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as President of the Comoros from 2002 to 2006 and again since 2016,except for a brief period in 2019. He became head of state after staging a coup d'état in 1999 and was elected president in 2002,2016 and April 2019. He has also served as Chairperson of the African Union since February 2023.
Mohamed El-Amine Souef is a Comorian diplomat and former foreign minister,ambassador to Egypt,and Permanent Representative to the Arab League (1995–1998). He has been appointed deputy Foreign Minister in charge of the Arab World by president Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim in 1998. He first became foreign minister in 1999,following the military coup of Azali Assoumani. He resigned briefly in January 2002,along with Azali Assoumani,to make way for a transitional government,but he was reappointed a few months later when Assoumani won elections and regained power. He lost his post again in July 2005 during a cabinet reshuffle. After the reshuffle,Mr. Souef was named Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations in New York. Previously,in government,He served as Parliamentarian,Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,State Minister in charge of Cooperation,Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League States and,Adviser to the President of the Comoros. Mr. Souef is currently serving DPKO after a long carrier within the Government of the Comoros.
Ali Soilih M'Tsashiwa was a Comorian socialist revolutionary and political figure who served as the 3rd President of the Comoros from 3 January 1976 to 13 May 1978.
The franc is the official currency of Comoros. It is nominally subdivided into 100 centimes,although no centime denominations have ever been issued.
Ali Mroudjae was a prime minister and foreign minister of the Comoros. Mroudjae became foreign minister after the coup by Bob Denard brought Ahmed Abdallah to power in 1978. He continued in that position until 8 February 1982,when he became prime minister. He left the office of Prime Minister on 31 December 1984. He was part of the Comorian Union for Progress.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Comoros:
China–Comoros relations refers to the current and historical relationship between China and the Comoros. China has an embassy in Moroni and the Comoros has an embassy in Beijing. Relations were established by Comorian President Ali Soilih on 13 November 1975 and have been described as "friendly and cooperative".
This is a list of foreign ministers of the Comoros.
Comoros–India relations are the international relations that exist between Comoros and India. The Embassy of India in Antananarivo,Madagascar is concurrently accredited to Comoros. India also maintains an Honorary Consulate General in Moroni. Comoros maintains an Honorary Consulate in New Delhi.
Sittou Raghadat Mohamed is a Comorian former minister and deputy of the Comoros,and was the first Comorian woman to be appointed to a senior government role,as Secretary of State for Population and the Condition of Women.She has been described by the Comorian media as a symbol of Comoran women's struggle,and as the pioneer and reference point for women in the Comoros,and is the first woman minister and elected deputy in the Comoros.
Mouzawar Abdallah was a Comorian politician.
The Comoros passport sales scandal is a corruption,public funds embezzlement,bribery,and money laundering scheme in connection with a citizenship by investment program launched by the government of the Comoros Islands. Proceeds from the program were intended to finance development in the country but were instead embezzled by the perpetrators of the scheme,which include Syrian fugitive businessman Bashar Kiwan and two former Comorian Presidents.
Comoro Gulf Holdings (CGH),sometimes referred to as Comoros Gulf Holding or Comoro Gulf Holding,was an investment company,set up by Syrian businessmen Bachar Kiwan and Majd Suleiman and Kuwaiti businessmen Sheikh Sabah Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah and Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi,that had worked closely with former Comorian president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi,and "monopolized investment and development on the islands."
Mohamed Ali Soilihi is a Comorian politician from Grande Comore who served as Vice-President of Union of the Comoros for Ministry of Finance,Budget,Foreign Trade and Economy of Comoros. He served in the cabinet of Ikililou Dhoinine from May 2011 to May 2016.
The Territory of the Comoros was a French overseas territory consisting of the four main Comoro Islands that existed from 1946 to 1975. It was part of the French Union under the Fourth Republic,then part of the French Community established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic from 1958.