Azali Assoumani (Arabic: غزالي عثماني born January 1 1959) was a president of the Comoros. He became leader of the country on 30 April 1999 after leading a coup to depose acting president Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde who he saw as pandering to the independence movement on Anjouan. He won multi-party elections in 2002 prior to which he was constitutionally required to temporarily step down in order to run as a candidate.Azali was born in 1959 at Mitsoudjé in south-western Grande Comore.
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