2025 in Madagascar

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This article is about events in the year 2025 in Madagascar

Incumbents

• President: Andry Rajoelina
• Prime Minister: Christian Ntsay

Events

• 11 January – At least three people are killed after Cyclone Dikeledi makes landfall in northern Madagascar. ^[1]
• 27 May – Airtel Madagascar secures a 15-year license for global telecom operations. ^[2]
• 11 July – A court sentences a man to life imprisonment with hard labour and surgical castration for raping a six-year-old girl in 2024, marking the first such sentence in Madagascar. ^[3]
• 17 August – 45th Summit of the Southern African Development Community. ^[4]
• 26 August – The skull of King Toera of Menabe, who was killed by French colonial soldiers in 1897, is returned to Malagasy officials along with the skulls of two of his companions by France, where they had been stored at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. ^[5] The skulls arrive in Madagascar on 1 September. ^[6]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Madagascar

Source: ^[7]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 29 March – Martyrs' Day
• 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 9 June – Whit Monday
• 6 June – Eid al-Adha
• 26 June – Independence Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

• 22 August – Céline Ratsiraka, 87, first lady (1975–1993, 1997–2002) ^[8]

See also

• 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
• International Organization of Francophone countries (OIF)

References

1. "Cyclone-battered region sees storm Dikeledi leave Mayotte for Mozambique". France 24. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. Joseph (2025-05-27). "EXCLUSIVE: Airtel Madagascar secures 15 year licence for $32.5m". Condia. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
3. "Madagascar court sentences man to be castrated for raping child". Reuters. 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
4. "Southern African leaders meet in Madagascar for SADC summit". France 24. 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
5. "France returns slain king's skull to Madagascar". BBC. 2025-08-26. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
6. "Madagascar receives skull of king beheaded by France". France 24. 2025-09-02. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
7. "Madagascar Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
8. "Madagascar : Décès de l'ancienne Première Dame, Céline Ratsiraka à l'âge de 87 ans". Anadolu Ajansi. Retrieved 25 August 2025.

External links

• Online calendar