State of the Comoros | |||||||||
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| 1975–1978 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Udzima wa ya Masiwa (Comorian) The Unity of the Great Islands | |||||||||
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| Capital | Moroni | ||||||||
| Official languages | French, Comorian, Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | State atheism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Comorian | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary one-party socialist republic under an authoritarian dictatorship | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1975–1976 | Said Mohamed Jaffar | ||||||||
• 1976–1978 | Ali Soilih | ||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||
• 1976–1978 | Mohamed Hassanaly | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | KM | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Comoros | ||||||||
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Socialist Comoros, officially the State of the Comoros, was the Comorian state between 1975 and 1978 under the rule of the Democratic Rally of the Comorian People party. 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[1] 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.
- ^ The Europa World Year Book, V1 Taylor & Francis Group
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