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 | 1917 |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Madagascar |
Ramangasoavina was born in 1917.[1][2] 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 had a fallout with Philibert Tsiranana, however he did join Tsiranana's Social Democratic Party of Madagascar in 1960.[1]
Following the independence, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Malagasy Republic in 1960.[1] He was considered to be the senior Merina in Malagasy Republic government.[1] He was one of the five appointed Vice Presidents of Madagascar[2] from 1971 to 1972.[3] 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.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Covell, Maureen (1995). Historical dictionary of Madagascar. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810829732.
- ^ a b c 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.
