Hadjira Oumouri

Hadjira Oumouri (born 1969) is a Comorian politician and midwife. She served from 2015 to 2020 in the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros, becoming the second woman elected to the body in the country's history.

Early life and education Hadjira Oumouri was born in 1969 in Foumbouni, a town on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. Her father, Mze Oumouri Wa Moindze, was a prominent scholar of the history of Grande Comore.

After finishing high school, Oumouri trained as a midwife in Moroni and Mauritius.

Oumouri was the only woman in the legislature in that session, and only the second female lawmaker elected to the assembly, after Sittou Raghadat Mohamed.

During her time in the Assembly, Oumouri fought for increased participation of women in politics, passing laws to establish quotas for both appointed and elected officials. She also worked to pass laws on sexual harassment and to oppose violence against women.

As a member of PFPOI, an organization of women politicians in the Indian Ocean region, she worked with peers in Madagascar and Mauritius.

On becoming one of the few prominent women politicians in her country, Oumouri said:"To tell the truth, it was not easy. You know, men like for us all to work together, but to take their place is difficult. They don't give up their positions, so you have to go look for them and snatch them." She did not run again in the 2020 Comorian legislative election, and Abdou-Rahim Mistoihi of the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros succeeded her to represent Itsahidi.