State of the Comoros
State of the Comoros
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| 1975–1978 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Ungwana (Comorian) Liberty | |||||||||
Location of the Comoros (circled) | |||||||||
| Capital | Moroni | ||||||||
| Official languages | French, Comorian, Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | State atheism | ||||||||
| Demonym | Comorian | ||||||||
| Government | Federal communist state under a dictatorship | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1975 | Ahmed Abdallah | ||||||||
• 1975–1976 | Said Mohamed Jaffar | ||||||||
• 1976–1978 | Ali Soilih | ||||||||
• 1978 | Said Atthoumani | ||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||
• 1976–1978 | Mohamed Hassanaly | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Establishment of the State of the Comoros | 6 July 1975 | ||||||||
• Disestablishment of the State of the Comoros | 23 May 1978 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | KM | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Comoros | ||||||||
Socialist Comoros, officially the State of the Comoros, was a communist state between 1975 and 1978 under the rule of the Democratic Rally of the Comorian People. This period began on August 3, 1975, less than a month after Comoros gained independence from France, when Soilih and Said Mohamed Jaffar, whose adherents were barely armed, hired French mercenary Bob Denard to overthrow Ahmed Abdallah. Soilih officially became President of the revolutionary council in January 1976. He acquired extensive powers under the terms of a new constitution and implemented socialist economic policies. This period would formally come to an end when Soilih was ousted and killed in a coup by French mercenaries, which reinstalled the former President Ahmed Abdallah.