Yvan Randriasandratriniony

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Yvan Randriasandratriniony is a Malagasy politician. He served in the government of Madagascar as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing from March 2002 to January 2004 and Minister of Decentralization and Regional Planning from January 2007 to April 2008. He became President of Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM), the ruling party, in October 2007, and he was President of the Senate of Madagascar from May 2008 to March 2009; he also served for a time as ambassador to South Africa.

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Life and career

Following the December 2001 presidential election, which opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana claimed to have won, Ravalomanana declared himself President, and on 1 March 2002 he named a government, which included Randriasandratriniony as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing. [1] Randriasandratriniony remained in that position until he was replaced in the government named on 5 January 2004. [2] On 30 June 2004, he became Madagascar's ambassador to South Africa. [3]

Randriasandratriniony was appointed Minister at the Presidency for Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government named on 25 January 2007. He ranked second in the government, after Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara. [4]

In the September 2007 parliamentary election, Randriasandratriniony stood as the TIM candidate in the Fianarantsoa I constituency, [5] [6] which is considered an opposition stronghold. [6] According to provisional results, he won with 37.7% of the vote; [7] [8] despite his victory, this was considered a relatively low score. [8]

Randriasandratriniony became the Interim National President of TIM on 12 October 2007, succeeding Solofonantenaina Razoarimihaja. [9] He retained his post as Minister at the Presidency for Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government appointed on 27 October 2007. [10] As a TIM candidate, he was elected as a Senator from Haute Matsiatra region in the April 2008 Senate election; [11] [12] in this indirect election, he received unanimous support from the 89 electors. [12] Randriasandratriniony was removed from his post as Minister near the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government appointed on 30 April 2008. [13] Subsequently, Randriasandratriniony was elected as President of the Senate on 6 May 2008; as the sole candidate, he received the unanimous support of the 33 Senators who voted, and he took office immediately after the vote. On this occasion, Randriasandratriniony described himself as "a man of dialogue" and said that he was "ready to listen, even to those who do not share my political beliefs". [14]

He was officially elected as President of TIM on 21 May 2008, at the party's second national congress. [15]

Exil in the USA

Between 2009 and 2016 he lived exiled in the USA. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Le gouvernement de Marc Ravalomanana, formé le 1er mars 2002", Afrique Express, number 246, 14 March 2002 (in French). "Madagascar GVT 01/03/2002". Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
  2. ↑ List of ministers in the government of Madagascar, January 2004, Presse-francophone.org (in French).
  3. ↑ "Afrique du Sud – Madagascar: Resserrer les liens", Madagascar Tribune, number 4,691, 2 July 2004 (in French).
  4. ↑ "Gouvernement de Charles Rabemananjara: Onze nouveaux et dix reconduits", Madagascar Tribune, number 5,470, 26 January 2007 (in French).
  5. ↑ "Les électeurs seront-ils trompés ?", Madagascar Tribune, number 5,636, 21 August 2007 (in French).
  6. 1 2 Iloniaina Alain, "Afrique: Quatorze candidats à Fianarantsoa", L'Express de Madagascar, 24 August 2007 (in French).
  7. ↑ Results in Fianarantsoa I [ permanent dead link ] Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reform (in French).
  8. 1 2 "Yvan Randriasandratriniony, mal élu", Madagascar Tribune, number 5,666, 25 September 2007 (in French).
  9. ↑ "Vie de parti; Un nouveau président pour le TIM", Madagascar Tribune, 13 October 2007 (in French).
  10. ↑ List of members of the Malagasy government, presse-francophone.org (2007 archive page) (in French).
  11. ↑ "« Je peux remplir ce rôle », dixit Yvan Randriasandratriniony", Madagascar Tribune, 26 April 2008 (in French).
  12. 1 2 Results for Haute Matsiatra [ permanent dead link ], Ministry of the Interior website (in French).
  13. ↑ "Remaniement; Radavidson et Laporte limogés", Madagascar Tribune, 2 May 2008 (in French).
  14. ↑ "Yvan Randriasandratriniony au perchoir", Madagascar Tribune, 7 May 2008 (in French).
  15. ↑ "Le parti au pouvoir tient son congrès national", Xinhua, 22 May 2008 (in French).
  16. ↑ Yvan Randriasandratriniony - retour de l'Exil
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