Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim

See also: Mohamed, Taki, Abdulkarim

Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim (1936 - November 6th 1998) was president of the the Comoros of 1996 to its death.

Born in Mbeni (Large Comore) and resulting from a privileged family, grandson of Djumbé Fumu, going down from the Sultan Msa Fumu. It leaves to make its studies with Madagascar then in France where it obtains a diploma for the occupation of engineer in public Travaux. Of return to the the Comoros, Said Mohamed Sheik names it responsible for public works with Anjouan or it becomes acquainted with Ahmed Abdallah.

1970 : Minister for the development in the second government of Said Ibrahim Ben Ali
1971: Minister for education
1972: Minister for rural development under the government of Saïd Mohamed Jaffar
1973: Minister for the equipment under Ahmed Abdallah to which it is close
1975: Minister of Interior Department

It takes refuge in Mbéni at the time of the mode of Ali Soilih, resists by a practice of civil Désobéissance, and finishes in prison after the intervention of the Mercenaire S.

1978 : secretary of the Council of the directory chaired by Ahmed Abdallah
1978 - 1984: chair House of Commons

It breaks with Abdallah and takes refuge in France.

1990 : return to the country and candidate with the elections after the death of Abdallah; Said Mohamed Djohar elected after 3 turns bus of the frauds has summers made
1992: seen as the man of France which Djohar tries to approach; named responsible for the government action
1995: seizes the power with Said Ali Kemal after the Coup d'etat of Bob Denard
1996: elected official chair of the Comoros
1998: die in circumstances which appear strange (the suspicions went naturally towards Bob Denard whose Taki had little time before refused the return)

The assessment of its action as a president is highly criticized: The Pénurie S which multiplied and systematized, the independence of Anjouan which was declared thus that the musellement total one of the press and the opposition parties did not leave a good memory. Its government was also accompanied by a certain number of often inapplicable symbolic systems measurements because, showing a desire of return towards the Islam: prohibition of sale of alcohol, the miniskirts, systematic replacement of the words of origin French E by words of Arab origin in the speeches, etc After its death, the country enters then during a time of political instability and institutional which will lead to a new coup d'etat in 1999.

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