{"id":"ali-soilih","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-soilih","language":"en","name":"Ali Soilih","name_en":"Ali Soilih","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Comoros (1937-1978)","headline":"President of Comoros (1937-1978)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ali Soilih M'Tsashiwa was a Comorian socialist revolutionary and political figure who served as the third President of the Comoros from 3 January 1976 until a French-backed coup-d'etat toppled him on 13 May 1978. Soilih was then captured, tortured with a bayonet and killed while trying to escape.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 January 1937","date":"1937-01-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Mahajanga","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218753"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 May 1978","date":"1978-05-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Moroni","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3901"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Comoros","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Sorbonne Institute for Development Studies","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3151949"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Comoros (3 January 1976 – 13 May 1978)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28015452","start":"1976-01-03","end":"1978-05-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Soilih","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ali Soilih born?","a":"Ali Soilih was born on 7 January 1937 in Mahajanga."},{"q":"What positions has Ali Soilih held?","a":"Positions held by Ali Soilih include: President of Comoros (1976–1978)."},{"q":"Where did Ali Soilih study?","a":"Ali Soilih was educated at Sorbonne Institute for Development Studies."}],"related":[{"name":"Ikililou Dhoinine","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ikililou-dhoinine"},{"name":"Azali Assoumani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/azali-assoumani"},{"name":"Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-abdallah-mohamed-sambi"},{"name":"Ahmed Abdallah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-abdallah"},{"name":"Said Mohamed Jaffar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/said-mohamed-jaffar"},{"name":"Mohamed Ahmed","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-ahmed"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ali-soilih-5726213108.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Voice of America","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Soilih_illustration.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ali Soilih","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Soilih","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q878868","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878868","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ali Soilih illustration.png by Voice of America (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Soilih_illustration.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ali Soilih, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ali Soilih illustration.png — Voice of America, Public domain.","cite":"\"Ali Soilih\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ali-soilih. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T08:54:49Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-soilih","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-soilih","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-soilih?lang=ne"}}