Charles Rabemananjara | |
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| 20th Prime Minister of Madagascar | |
| In office 20 January 2007 –17 March 2009 | |
| President | Marc Ravalomanana |
| Preceded by | Jacques Sylla |
| Succeeded by | Monja Roindefo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1947 |
| Nationality | |
| Political party | Tiako I Madagasikara |
Charles Rabemananjara (born 9 June 1947 [1] )[ failed verification ][ citation needed ] was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 2007 to 2009. He took office on 20 January 2007 at the beginning of the second term of President Marc Ravalomanana. [2]
Rabemananjara was born in Antananarivo in 1947. During Marc Ravalomanana's first term as president,Rabemananjara became Director of the Military Cabinet of the Presidency in 2004 [3] and was then named Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reform on November 28,2005. [1] [4] After becoming prime minister,Rabemananjara remained Interior Minister in the new government,named on January 25,2007. [5]
Following the September 2007 parliamentary election,Ravalomanana appointed a new government,in which Rabemananjara remained in his posts as Prime Minister and Interior Minister,on October 27,2007. [6] He was additionally assigned the Decentralization portfolio in the 19-member government appointed on April 30,2008. [7] As prime minister,he was an ex officio member of the national political bureau of the ruling Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) political party and therefore remained on the political bureau at TIM's May 2008 congress. [8]
Rabemananjara is a Merina,like Ravalomanana. [1] [3] He was also a general in the army of Madagascar. [1] [2] [3]