Politics of Madagascar takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic,with a pluralist multi-party system. The President of Madagascar is head of state and the Prime Minister of Madagascar is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the bicameral parliament,which is composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Marc Ravalomanana is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina,near the capital city of Antananarivo,Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO,later launching successful wholesaler MAGRO and several additional companies.
Jacques Hugues Sylla was a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar under President Marc Ravalomanana from February 2002 to January 2007. He subsequently served as the President of the National Assembly of Madagascar from October 2007 to March 2009.
The Senate is the upper chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Madagascar. The Senate has 18 members:12 are indirectly elected,one from each of the 22 regions of Madagascar,and 6 are appointed by the President.
Andry Nirina Rajoelina is a Malagasy-French politician and businessman who has served as president of Madagascar since 2023. He previously served as president from 2019 to 2023,and was president of a provisional government from 2009 to 2014 following a political crisis and military-backed coup,having held the office of Mayor of Antananarivo for one year prior. Before entering the political arena,Rajoelina was involved in the private sector,including a printing and advertising company called Injet in 1999 and the Viva radio and television networks in 2007.
Monja Roindefo Zafitsimivalo is a Malagasy politician who was Prime Minister of Madagascar from March 2009 to October 2009. He was appointed on 7 February 2009 by opposition leader Andry Rajoelina at the head of Rajoelina's rival government;later,on 17 March,Andry Rajoelina was installed in power by the military,and Monja Roindefo officially took over as Prime Minister.
General elections were held in Madagascar on 20 December 2013,following a first round of presidential elections on 25 October. The presidential elections in December were a runoff between Jean Louis Robinson and Hery Rajaonarimampianina,the top two candidates to emerge from the first round of voting in October. The official results of the second round were announced on 7 January 2014 with Rajaonarimampianina proclaimed the victor with nearly 54% of the vote.
A constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 17 November 2010,in which voters approved a proposal for the state's fourth Constitution. The Malagasy people were asked to answer "Yes" or "No" to the proposed new constitution,which was considered to help consolidate Andry Rajoelina's grip on power. At the time of the referendum,Rajoelina headed the governing Highest Transitional Authority (HAT),an interim junta established following the military-backed coup d'état against then President Marc Ravalomanana in March 2009.
China–Madagascar relations refer to the bilateral relations between China and Madagascar. China and Madagascar established diplomatic relations on November 6,1972. China has an embassy in Antananarivo and Madagascar has an embassy in Beijing.
First Lady of Madagascar is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Madagascar. The country's current first lady is Mialy Rajoelina,wife of President Andry Rajoelina,who had held the position since December 16,2023. There has been no first gentlemen of Madagascar to date.
Rivo Rakotovao is a Malagasy politician who served as Acting President of Madagascar from 2018 to 2019. Rakotovao also had served as President of the Senate of Madagascar from 2017 to 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 20 March 2020,the first case in Madagascar was confirmed in Antananarivo.
Covid-Organics (CVO) is an Artemisia-based drink that Andry Rajoelina,president of Madagascar,claims can prevent and cure Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The drink is produced from a species under the Artemisia genus from which artemisinin is extracted for malaria treatment. No publicly available clinical trial data supports the safety or efficacy of this drink.
Minister of Education is a government minister in charge of the Madagascar's Ministry of National Education. It was formerly known as Ministry of National Education,Technical and Vocational Education until it was reorganized in August 2020. where it was split into MEN and Ministère de l’Enseignement Technique et de la Formation Professionnelle (METFP)
In mid-2021,a severe drought in southern Madagascar caused hundreds of thousands of people,with some estimating more than 1 million people including nearly 460,000 children,to suffer from food insecurity or famine. Some organizations have attributed the situation to the impact of climate change and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Madagascar on 9 November 2023,with a second round on 20 December if required. On 12 October 2023,it was announced that the election would be postponed by one week to 16 November because of pre-election unrest.
The Ntsay government has governed Madagascar since 4 June 2018. It was formed by Prime Minister Christian Ntsay. Since incumbent president Andry Rajoelina resigned to run for the presidency in 2023,according to the Constitution,the Council of Ministers led by Ntsay has temporarily exercised presidential authority.
This article is about events in the year 2023 in Madagascar
Events in the year 2019 in Madagascar.
Richard Ravalomanana is a Malagasy politician and former military officer who has served as president of the Senate of Madagascar since 2023. He briefly served as acting president of Madagascar in 2023 during the reelection of Andry Rajoelina. Some media outlets have said that he is a collaborator of Rajoelina.
