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{{Infobox President
| name = Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
| image =| caption = "To serve, and not to serve oneself"
| order = [[Heads of state of Comoros|President of the Comoros]]
| vicepresident =
| term_start = [[26 May]] [[2006]]
| predecessor = [[Azali Assoumani]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mutsamudu]], [[Anjouan]], [[Comoros]]
| party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
}}
'''Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد عبدالله محمد سامبي}}, born [[5 June]] [[1958]] in [[Mutsamudu]], [[Anjouan]] Island, [[Comoros]]) is the current [[President of Comoros]]. He is a Comorian [[Islam]]ic leader and politician. He is popularly known as '[[Ayatollah]]'. After easily winning the [[Comoros presidential election, 2006|14 May, 2006 elections]] 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]].
==Personal life==
Sambi is a father of seven children and owns factories which produce mattresses, bottled water and perfume - a key Comoros export. He lives above a shop called The House of Mattresses in the Anjouan capital, Mutsamudu. He also set up a television station called Ulezi (education).<ref name = BBCProfile >{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4986508.stm | title = Profile: The 'Ayatollah' of Comoros | publisher = BBC News | date = [[2006-05-16]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>
He was educated in [[Islamic studies]] in [[Sudan]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Iran]]. His title of '[[Ayatollah]]' also comes from his studies in Iran.
==Political career==
Running as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] candidate in the [[16 April]] [[2006]] [[Comorian presidential election, 2006|presidential primary election]] on the island of [[Anjouan]], Sambi placed first out of thirteen candidates, winning 23.70% of the vote.
In the [[14 May]] [[Comoros presidential election, 2006|elections]], Sambi was declared the victor on [[15 May]] by Secretary of State for elections Ali Abdallah over retired [[Military of France|French air force]] officer [[Mohamed Djaanfari]] and long-time politician [[Ibrahim Halidi]], whose candidacy was backed by [[Azali Assoumani]], the outgoing president.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4772499.stm | title = Islamist elected Comoros leader | publisher = BBC News | date = [[2006-05-16]] | accessdate = 2006-07-21 }}</ref>
==Political views==
Sambi has been quoted as saying that Comoros is not ready to become an [[Islamic state]], nor will anyone be forced to wear a [[hijab|veil]] under his presidency. He is also the first president from the island of Anjouan. He also promised to fight [[Political corruption|corruption]], create [[Employment|jobs]] and build better houses for the majority of Comorians living in [[poverty]].<ref name = BBCProfile />
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==See also==
*[[Tokyo International Conference on African Development]] (TICAD-IV), 2008.
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