Malagasy Revolutionary Party

Malagasy Revolutionary Party
Antoko Revolisionera Malagasy
AbbreviationAREMA
National SecretaryAnnick Zoary Ratsiraka
FounderDidier Ratsiraka
Founded30 November 1976; 47 years ago (1976-11-30)
HeadquartersAntananarivo
Membership (1995)455,000
Ideology
Political position
National Assembly
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Website
www.parti-arema.com

The Malagasy Revolutionary Party, better known by its Malagasy acronym AREMA (from Antoko Revolisionera Malagasy), is a political party in Madagascar. It was the ruling party of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, a one-party socialist state, from 1976 to 1992 under the names Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution (Avant-garde pour la Révolution Malgache) and Vanguard for Malagasy Renovation (Avant-garde pour la Rénovation Malgache) until 2002.