Said Mohamed Cheikh
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Said Mohamed Cheikh was the head of the Government of Comoros
from 1962 until his death in 1970.Cheikh served in the French National Assembly
from 1946-1962 and He was also the president of the Parti Vert and of the Governing Council.
qualifying in 1926 in medicine. When he returned to the Comoros islands he was the first doctor. He worked as a doctor until the end of the second world war in 1945.
In 1954, he was the diplomatic representative at United Nations General Assembly on behalf of France.
Dr. Said Mohamed Cheikh was considered to be, in the period leading up to independence, the most important political leader in the islands.
Cheikh was elected to be the first president of the Governing Council of the Comoros Chamber of Deputies in 1961, a post he held until he died of a heart attack in 1970 in the capital of Madagascar
(Antananarivo
). Cheikh was buried in Moroni
in the Comoros.
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
from 1962 until his death in 1970.Cheikh served in the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
from 1946-1962 and He was also the president of the Parti Vert and of the Governing Council.
Biography
Cheikh was born in 1904 but he completed his education in MadagascarMadagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
qualifying in 1926 in medicine. When he returned to the Comoros islands he was the first doctor. He worked as a doctor until the end of the second world war in 1945.
In 1954, he was the diplomatic representative at United Nations General Assembly on behalf of France.
Dr. Said Mohamed Cheikh was considered to be, in the period leading up to independence, the most important political leader in the islands.
Cheikh was elected to be the first president of the Governing Council of the Comoros Chamber of Deputies in 1961, a post he held until he died of a heart attack in 1970 in the capital of Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
(Antananarivo
Antananarivo
Antananarivo , formerly Tananarive , is the capital and largest city in Madagascar. It is also known by its French colonial shorthand form Tana....
). Cheikh was buried in Moroni
Moroni, Comoros
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in the Comoros.