Alfred Ramangasoavina is a Malagasy politician during the era on Malagasy Republic, and former vice president of Madagascar.
Alfred Ramangasoavina | |
|---|---|
| Fourth Vice President of Madagascar | |
| In office February 1971 – October 1972 | |
| President | Philibert Tsiranana |
| Preceded by | André Resampa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 November 1917 Moramanga |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Madagascar |
Ramangasoavina was born on 4 November 1917 in Moramanga.[1] He studied in Paris and got degrees in political sciences and law. He returned to Madagascar in 1956 and was elected to Antananarivo provincial council in 1957. He was appointed as minister of finance in 1957, minister of equipment in 1958 and minister of industry and planning in 1959.[1] He had a fallout with Philibert Tsiranana, however he did join Tsiranana's Social Democratic Party of Madagascar in 1960.[2]
Following the independence, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Malagasy Republic in October 1960.[1][2] He was considered to be the senior Merina in Malagasy Republic government.[2] He was one of the five appointed Vice Presidents of Madagascar[3] from 1971 to 1972.[4] He lost this political position when President Tsiranana was effectively ousted in October 1972.
In 1991, he got a position of one of the two Vice Prime Ministers in the cabinet of Guy Willy Razanamasy.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c United States Joint Publications Research Service (1970). Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa.
- ^ a b c Covell, Maureen (1995). Historical dictionary of Madagascar. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810829732.
- ^ a b Galibert, Didier (2009). Les gens du pouvoir à Madagascar: État postcolonial, légitimités et territoire, 1956-2002 (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-0213-5.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1972Feb-June. 2003. hdl:2027/osu.32435024020083.
- ^ Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series. Blackwell. 1992.
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