Nourdine Bourhane (born in 1950 in Mamoudzou, Mayotte [1] ) is a politician from the Comoros and one of the Vice Presidents of the Comoros from May 2011 to May 2016. [2] Previously, Bourhane served as prime minister of Comoros from December 1997 to May 1998. [3]
He has also served as minister of several cabinet departments between 1990 and 1998, including health, posts and telecommunications, youth and sports, economy and planning. [1]
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