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Said Mohamed Cheikh 🇰🇲

Said Mohamed Cheikh (Known as "Cheikh")
First President of the Governing Council of Comoros (1962–1970), Physician, Founding Statesman
Born 1904-07-01 🇰🇲 Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, Comoros
Passed Away 1970-03-16 Tananarive (Antananarivo), Madagascar
Lifespan 65 years old
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"The four islands of our archipelago are four pearls strung on a single cord of common destiny."

Archival Overview

First native head of government of the Comoros (1962–1970) and physician who moved the capital from Mayotte to Moroni in 1962 and steered the archipelago toward self-determination.

Biographical Record

Said Mohamed Cheikh was born on July 1, 1904, in Mitsamiouli on Grande Comore. Graduating as a physician from the Medical School of Antananarivo in 1926, Dr. Cheikh practiced medicine across the islands before being elected in 1945 as the first Comorian deputy to the French National Assembly in Paris.

In 1962, under internal autonomy, Cheikh was elected the first President of the Governing Council of Comoros. A visionary statesman, he orchestrated the historic transfer of the territorial capital from Dzaoudzi (Mayotte) to Moroni on Grande Comore in 1962, building modern ports, airfields, and colleges. His mausoleum in Mitsamiouli remains a revered national monument.

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Final Resting Place

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Said Mohamed Cheikh Mausoleum
Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore, Comoros
GPS: -11.3800, 43.2900
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