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- ↑ "Le gouvernement de Marc Ravalomanana, formé le 1er mars 2002" Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine , Afrique Express, number 246, March 14, 2002 (in French).
- ↑ "Le gouvernement de Madagascar, formé le 16 janvier 2003" Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine , Afrique Express, number 263, January 29, 2003 (in French).
- ↑ "Le gouvernement de Madagascar, formé le 5 janvier 2004" Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine , Afrique Express, number 285, January 6, 2004 (in French).
- ↑ 2006 presidential election results Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine from the High Constitutional Court (in French).
- ↑ Iloniaina Alain, "Référendum constitutionnel; L'Avi choisit le boycott" Archived 2007-10-22 at the Wayback Machine , L'Express de Madagascar, March 23, 2007 (in French).
- ↑ Iloniaina Alain, "Communales; L'Avi choisit le boycott", L'Express de Madagascar, October 27, 2007 (in French).
- ↑ Results according to the Haute Cour Constitutionelle.
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