Andry Rajoelina | |
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 Rajoelina in 2024 | |
| 7th President of Madagascar | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Christian Ntsay |
| Preceded by | Richard Ravalomanana (acting) |
| In office 19 January 2019 – 9 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Christian Ntsay |
| Preceded by | Rivo Rakotovao (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Christian Ntsay (acting) |
| In office 17 March 2009 – 25 January 2014 as President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar | |
| Prime Minister | See list |
| Preceded by | Hyppolite Ramaroson (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hery Rajaonarimampianina |
| 51st Mayor of Antananarivo | |
| In office 12 December 2007 – 3 February 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hery Rafalimanana |
| Succeeded by | Guy Randrianarisoa (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andry Nirina Rajoelina 30 May 1974 Antsirabe, Malagasy Republic |
| Nationality | Malagasy French (since 2014) |
| Political party | Young Malagasies Determined |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Iavoloha Palace |
| Website | Official website |
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Andry Nirina Rajoelina (/ˈɑːndriː rɑːdʒoʊiːˈliːnɑː/,[1] Malagasy: [ˈjanɖʐʲ nʲˈrinᵊ ratʐ'welinᵊ]; born 30 May 1974) 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.
He formed the political party Young Malagasies Determined and was elected Mayor of Antananarivo in 2007. While in this position, he led an opposition movement against then-President Marc Ravalomanana that culminated in a 2009 political crisis. Rajoelina was appointed as President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar (HTA) by a military council, in a move characterised as a coup d'état by the international community.[2] Rajoelina dissolved the Senate and National Assembly, and transferred their powers to a variety of new governance structures responsible for overseeing the transition toward a new constitutional authority. This conflicted with an internationally mediated process to establish a transitional government. Voters approved a new constitution in a controversial national referendum in November 2010, ushering in the Fourth Republic.
He held the Presidency of the HTA until general elections were held in 2013, and stepped down in 2014. He won the 2018 presidential election and was inaugurated President of Madagascar on 19 January 2019. His tenure included directing the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar, during which he promoted misinformation and unproven treatments for the disease, as well as a 2021 food insecurity crisis and Cyclone Batsirai. Rajoelina then proceeded to win the 2023 Malagasy presidential election.
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