Misplaced Pages

Pascal Rakotomavo

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Pascal Rakotomavo
17th Prime Minister of Madagascar
In office
21 February 1997 – 23 July 1998
PresidentDidier Ratsiraka
Preceded byNorbert Ratsirahonana
Succeeded byTantely Andrianarivo
Personal details
BornPascal Joseph Rakotomavo
(1934-04-01)1 April 1934
Antananarivo, French Madagascar
Died14 December 2010(2010-12-14) (aged 76)
Réunion, France
Political partyAREMA

Pascal Joseph Rakotomavo (1 April 1934 – 14 December 2010) was a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 21 February 1997 to 23 July 1998.

Life and career

Born in Antananarivo, Rakotomavo was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1982 to 1989, and Special Adviser to President Didier Ratsiraka from 1989 to 1993. His appointment as Prime Minister in February 1997, following Ratsiraka's return to the presidency, was considered surprising. Rakotomavo served as Governor of Antananarivo Province from June 2001 to 2002. He was also Ratsiraka's campaign director in the December 2001 presidential election, but in the political crisis that followed between Ratsiraka and opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana, as governor he adopted what has been described as a neutral position. On 28 February 2002, Ratsiraka appointed General Léon-Claude Raveloarison as military governor of Antananarivo Province under martial law. Rakotomavo was the only one of the six provincial governors to not sign a declaration that Toamasina, Ratsiraka's stronghold during the 2002 political crisis, was the nation's provisional capital. After Ravalomanana prevailed in the dispute, Rakotomavo, unlike the governors of the other provinces, was not prosecuted.

References

  1. ^ Biographical page at Antananarivo Province website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
  2. death notice Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (French) retrieved 18 December 2010
  3. ^ Guy Arnold, Madagascar: Year in Review 1997, Britannica.com.
  4. Christopher Saunders, Madagascar: Year in Review 1998, Britannica.com.
  5. http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/andrianaivoAvotraniainaR_ECO_M1_14.pdf
  6. "L'armée en première ligne" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, L'Essor, 1 March 2002 (in French).
  7. "Madagascar: Ratsiraka campaign manager denounces "irregularities" in capital", Malagasy National Radio, Antananarivo, 17 December 2001.
  8. "Pascal Rakotomavo résiste au DG de ARO", Madagascar Tribune, 18 July 2005 (in French).
  9. "Les réactions des partisans du président Ratsiraka" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique Express, number 246, 14 March 2002 (in French).
  10. "En lambeau !", Madagascar Tribune, 24 January 2005 (in French).
Political offices
Preceded byNorbert Ratsirahonana Prime Minister of Madagascar
1997-1998 		Succeeded byTantely Andrianarivo
Madagascar Prime ministers of Madagascar
Merina Kingdom (c. 1540–1897)
French Madagascar (1897–1958)
Malagasy Republic (1958–75)
Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1975–92)
Third Republic of Madagascar (1992–2010)
High Transitional Authority (2009–2014)
Fourth Republic of Madagascar (2014–present)
* Acting


Flag of MadagascarPolitician icon

This article about a Malagasy politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: