Mohamed Bacar
Mohamed Bacar | |
|---|---|
| President of Anjouan | |
| In office 9 August 2001 – 26 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Saïd Abeid Abdérémane |
| Succeeded by | Ikililou Dhoinine (interim, post-invasion) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 5, 1962 |
| Party | Independent |
| Profession | Military officer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Comorian Armed Forces |
| Branch/service | Gendarmerie |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Colonel Mohamed Bacar (born May 5, 1962) is a Comorian former politician who was President of Anjouan, one of the three autonomous islands that make up the Union of the Comoros, from 2001 to 2008. He is a former chief of police on Anjouan and has studied extensively in France and the United States. He was part of a military coup on Anjouan in August 2001 and soon became president. It is alleged he rigged the elections to become the first president of Anjouan in March 2002, in part due to his leading role in the separatist movement. He was ousted by the combined forces of the Government of the Union of Comoros and the African Union in the March 2008 invasion of Anjouan.