Ikililou Dhoinine

Dhoinine won the 2010 Comorian presidential election, in which he received the most votes in the first round (28.19%). He faced Mohamed Said Fazul and Abdou Djabir in a run-off election^[2] and received 61.12% to win the Presidency. A member of the ruling party, Dhoinine was supported in the election by incumbent President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi. Previously, he had worked in the Ministry of Finance as the Vice-President in charge of Budget and Women's Entrepreneurship.^[3] From 26 March to 31 March 2008, he was the provisional President of Anjouan, an island in the Comoros.^[4]

Dhoinine, a pharmacist by training, is the first President of Comoros from the island of Mohéli.^[5]

Dhoinine served for five years as Vice President to outgoing president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.^[6] He was also temporarily President of Anjouan in March 2008.^[7] He was briefly Minister of Finance from June 2009 to June 2010.^[8]

At his inauguration Dhoinine pledged to "stop at nothing in the fight against corruption".^[6] He initiated the National Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Corruption and the Regulatory Authority for Public Procurement to increase transparency.^[9]

In 2013, Dhoinine was subject of a failed coup d'état due to discontent over the dismissal of several government officials.^[10]

Dhoinine's wife is Hadidja Abubacarr I'Dhoinine.^[11]