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![[Flag of France]](http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mayotte.htm/fr.gif)
Adopted 25 Mar 1841
![[Mayotte local flag]](http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mayotte.htm/yt.gif)
Local Flag
Map
of Mayotte
Hear
National Anthem"La Marseillaise"
Text
of National Anthem
Constitution (28 Sep 1958)
Capital: Mamoutzou(formerly Msamboro)
Currency: Euro (EUR);to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc(FRF)
National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789)Bastille Day-----------------------------
Local Holiday: 27 Apr (1848)Slavery Abolition Day
Population: 208,783 (2007)
GDP: $953.6 million (2005)
Exports: $6.5 million (2005)Imports: $341 million (2005)
Ethnic groups: Comorian (mixture of Bantu,
Arab, and Malagasy) 92.3%, Swahili 3.2%, French white1.8%, Makua 1%, other 1.7% (2000)
Total French Troops: 3,600 (2003)(assigned to Reunion and Mayotte)Defense is the Responsibility of FranceMerchant marine: None (2006)
Religions: Sunni Muslim 96.5%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) 2.2%, other 1.3% (2000)
International
Organizations/Treaties: UPU
Mayotte
Chronology
c.1500
Maore or Mawuti sultanate established.
1503
Discovered by Portuguese explorers.
1832
Conquered by Andriantsoly, former king of Iboina
on Madagascar.
1833
Conquered by Mwali (Mohéli)(see under Comoros).
19 Nov 1835
Conquered by Ndzuwani (Anjouan)(see
under Comoros).
1836
Independent
25 Mar 1841
Annexed by France (annexation ratified
13 Jun 1843) Mayotte protectorate
(subordinated to Île de Bourbon/Réunion).
30 Mar 1896 - 25 Jul 1912 Subordinated to Madagascar.
25 Jul 1912 - 6 Jul 1975 Part of the French territory
of the Comoros.
2 Jul 1942 - 1946
British occupation, French administration continues22 Dec 1974
In referendum Mayotte votes to remain a
territory of France.
24 Dec 1976
French collectivité territoriale
(reaffirmed 22 Dec 1979).
11 Jul 2001
Status changed to collectivité départementale.
28 Mar 2003 French overseas collectivité (with the designation
collectivité départementale).
Sultans
c.1700 - c.1714
Aisa (f) -Regent
c.1714 - c.1720
Monavo bint Mwinye
Fani (f) -Regent
c.1720 - 1727
Abu Bakr bin Omar
1727 - 1752
Salim bin Abi Bakr
1752 - 1790
Boina Kombo
1790 - 1807
Salim
(d. 1807)
1807 - 1817
Suhali bin Salim
(d. 1817)
1817 - 1829
Mawana Amadi bin Boina Kombo (d. 1829)
1829
Moge Muku
1829 - 1832
Boina Kombo bin Amadi
1832 - 1833
Andriantsoly (1st time)
(d. 1845)
1833 - 1836
part of Mwali (Mohéli) then Ndzuwani (Anjouan)
Governor (Qadis)
19 Nov 1835 - 1836
Umar
Sultan
1836 - 25 Mar 1841
Andriantsoly (2nd time)
(s.a.)
French Representative
1841 - 13 Jun 1843
Pierre Passot
(b. 1805 - d. 1855)
Commandants-superior (subordinated to the governors of Île
de Bourbon/Réunion)
13 Jun 1843 - 11 Mar 1844 Pierre Passot (1st
time) (s.a.)
11 Mar 1844 - 17 Jun 1844 Paul Charles Rang
(b. 1793 - d. 1844)
17 Jun 1844 - 22 Oct 1844 Charles Louis Thiebault (acting)
(b. 1808 - d. 1850)
22 Oct 1844 - Jan 1846 Auguste Le Brun
(acting) (b.
1793 - d. ....)
Jan 1846 - Aug 1849 Pierre
Passot (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Commissioners (subordinated to the governors of Réunion)
11 Aug 1849 - 13 Jun 1851 Stanislas Fortunat Livet
(b. 1808 - d. 1860)
13 Jun 1851 - 18 Oct 1853 Philibert Bonfils
(b. 1809 - d. 1871)
18 Oct 1853 - 13 Dec 1854 André Brisset (acting)
(b. 1808 - d. ....)
13 Dec 1854 - 15 Aug 1857 Auguste Joseph Verand
15 Aug 1857 - 14 Aug 1860 Charles Auguste Morel
14 Aug 1860 - 14 Dec 1864 Charles Gabrié
14 Dec 1864 - 8 Jul 1868 Joseph Vincent Christophe
Colomb (b. 1814 - d. 1887)
(1st time)
8 Jul 1868 - 15 Apr 1869 Joseph Ferdinand Hayes (acting)
(b. 1814 - d. ....)
15 Apr 1869 - 21 May 1869 L.J. Leguay (acting)
21 May 1869 - 4 Mar 1871 Joseph Vincent Christophe
Colomb (s.a.)
(2nd time)
4 Mar 1871 - 1 Mar 1875 Patrice Louis Jules Ventre
de la (b. 1813 - d. ....)
Touloubre (1st time)
(acting to 19 Dec 1871)
1 Mar 1875 - 16 Sep 1875 Claude Fontaine (acting)
16 Sep 1875 - 26 Dec 1875 François Marie Ferriez (acting)
(b. 1834 - d. ....)
26 Dec 1875 - 2 Jan 1878 Patrice Louis Jules Ventre
de la (s.a.)
Touloubre (2nd time)
Commandants (subordinated to the governors of Réunion)
2 Jan 1878 - 9 Dec 1878 Jean Roblin (acting)
9 Dec 1878 - 7 Sep 1879 Charles Vassal (acting)
7 Sep 1879 - 16 Dec 1879 Charles Bayet (acting)
16 Dec 1879 - 31 Dec 1879 Edouard Sasias (acting)
31 Dec 1879 - 3 Mar 1885 François Marie Ferriez
(s.a.)
3 Mar 1885 - Aug 1887 Anne Léodor
Philotée Metellus (b. 1849 - d. ....)
Gerville-Réache
19 Aug 1887 - 5 Sep 1887 Paul Louis Maxime Celoron
de (b. 1831 - d. 1889)
Blainville
Governors
5 Sep 1887 - 1888
Paul Louis Maxime Celoron de (s.a.)
Blainville
4 May 1888 - 1893
Pierre Louis Clovis Papinaud (b. 1844
- d. 1900)
25 Apr 1893 - 1 Sep 1896 Étienne Théodore
Lacascade (b. 1841 - d.
1906)
Administrators-superior (subordinated to the governors-general
of Madagascar)
30 Mar 1896 - 1897
Auguste Pereton (acting)
5 Aug 1897 - 11 Mar 1899 Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon
(b. 1853 - d. 1899)
Governors
Mar 1899 - 8 Jul 1900 Pierre Louis
Clovis Papinaud (s.a.)
18 Sep 1900 - 1902
Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal
1902
Louis Lemaire (acting)
15 Oct 1902 - May 1904
Alfred Albert Martineau
(b. 1859 - d. 1945)
1 Jun 1904 - 1905
Jules Martin (acting)
(b. 1855 - d. 19..)
1905 - 1906
Jean Auguste Gaston Joliet
(b. 1842 - d. bf.1912)
3 Mar 1906 - 1907
Fernand Foureau
(b. 1850 - d. 1914)
26 Dec 1907 - 1908
Paul Patté (acting)
Administrators (subordinated to the governors-general of
Madagascar)
8 Sep 1908 - 1909
Charles Henri Vergnes
(b. 1863 - d. 1935)
31 Mar 1909 - 1910
Ernest Bonneval
24 Feb 1910 - 1911
Michel Astor
1 May 1911 - 28 Sep 1911 Frédéric Estèbe
(b. 1863 - d. 1936)
28 Sep 1911 - 25 Jul 1912 Gabriel Samuel Garnier-Mouton
(b. 1864 - d. 19..)
25 Jul 1912 - 21 Jul 1975 part of the Comoros
Prefects (10 May 1982 - 24 Feb 1988, commissioners of the
republic)
21 Jul 1975 - 1976
Younoussa Bamana
(b. 1935 - d. 2007)
(proclaimed by pro-French demonstrators)
23 Jun 1976 - 30 Apr 1978 Jean Marie Coussirou
(b. 1930)
30 Apr 1978 - 15 Apr 1980 Jean Maurice Marie Rigotard
(b. 1925)
15 Apr 1980 - 24 Jan 1981 Philippe Jacques Nicolas Kessler
(b. 1927)
24 Feb 1980 - 25 Jan 1982 Pierre Sevellec
(b. 1921)
25 Jan 1982 - 25 Nov 1982 Yves Bonnet
(b. 1935)
5 Jan 1983 - 1984
Christian Pellerin
(b. 1933)
1984 - 1986
François Bonnelle
(b. 1933)
1986
Guy Dupuis
(b. 1937)
1986 - 23 Nov 1988
Akli Khider
23 Nov 1988 - 17 Oct 1990 Daniel Limodin
(b. 1944)
17 Oct 1990 - 24 Feb 1993 Jean-Paul Coste
(b. 1943)
9 Mar 1993 - 17 Jan 1994 Jean-Jacques Debacq
(b. 1952)
17 Jan 1994 - 20 Feb 1996 Alain Weil
(b. 1945)
20 Feb 1996 - 15 Jul 1998 Philippe Boisadam
(b. 1941)
31 Aug 1998 - 8 Oct 2001 Pierre Bayle
(b. 1952)
8 Oct 2001 - 4 Jul 2002 Philippe de Mester
(b. 1955)
4 Jul 2002 - 17 Jan 2005 Jean-Jacques Brot
(b. 1956)
17 Jan 2005 - 1 Feb 2007 Jean-Paul Kihl
(b. 1950) 1 Feb 2007 -
Vincent Bouvier
(b. 1952)
Presidents of the General Council (Conseil général)
6 Jul 1977 - 2 Apr 2004 Younoussa Bamana
(s.a.)
MPM
2 Apr 2004 - 20 Mar 2008 Said Omar Oili
(b. 1956?)
Non-party
20 Mar 2008 - Ahmed
Attoumani Douchina
UMP
Territorial Dispute: Mayotte is claimed by the Comoros.
Party abbreviations: MDM = Mouvement Départemanteliste
Mahorais; MPM = Mouvement Populaire Mahorais (Mahoran [Mayotte]
People's Movement, pro-departmental); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement
Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the
Presidential Majority], conservative, est. 23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL and
the main part of UDF)
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