Politics of the Union of the Comoros takes place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of the Comoros is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.
Anjouan is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, as of 2006, its population is around 277,500. The total area of the island is 424 square kilometers.
Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane was a 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 death.
Elections in the Comoros take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. The President and the majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Union are directly elected.
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi is a Comorian Islamic leader and politician, and former President of Comoros. He is popularly known as 'Ayatollah'. After easily winning the 14 May 2006 presidential election with 58.02% of the national vote, Sambi was inaugurated as President of the Union of the Comoros on 26 May 2006. It was the first peaceful transfer of power in the history of the Comoros.
The President of Anjouan is the head of Anjouan, one of the three islands of the Union of Comoros. The position was firstly established in 1997 after the Declaration of independence of Anjouan. Secondly the position became President of the autonomous island of Anjouan following the adoption of the Union of Comoros Constitution of 2001.
The Comorian Union for Progress is a political party in the Comoros.
The Union for the Development of the Comoros is a political alliance in the Comoros. The party's president is Mohamed Halifa.
The Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party is a political party in the Comoros.
The National Front for Justice is an Islamic political party in the Comoros.
The Movement for Democracy and Progress, also known as the People's Democratic Movement was a political party in the Comoros.
The Democratic Front of the Comoros was a political party in the Comoros.
The National Rally for Development was a political party in the Comoros.
The National Union for Democracy in the Comoros was a political party in the Comoros.
The Union of Democrats for Development was a political party in the Comoros led by Ibrahim Halidi. Based on Anjouan, it was supportive of the government of President Said Mohamed Djohar.
The Comorian Popular Front was a political party in the Comoros.
Dialogue Proposition Action (DPA-Mwangaza) was a political party in the Comoros led by Mohamed Saïd Abdallah Mchangama.
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.
