Africa & Middle East

Comoros

Political journey

A small Indian Ocean archipelago that became independent from France in 1975, though one island, Mayotte, stayed French. It has suffered around 20 coups or attempted coups, including several led by the mercenary Bob Denard. Azali Assoumani, who first took power in a 1999 coup, has been president again since 2016.

Comoros today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Comoros today

Portrait of Azali Assoumani

Azali Assoumani

President of the Comoros, 2002 to 2006 and 2016 to present

An army officer who first took power in a 1999 coup and returned as elected president in 2016, using constitutional changes and contested elections to extend his rule.

Azali Assoumani sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly religious on religion and strongly traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on technology and interventionism.

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Political views closest to Comoros’s leadership

Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.99%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…98%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…97%

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

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Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.