Charles Rabemananjara
Malagasy politician
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Charles Rabemananjara (born 9 June 1947[1])[failed verification][citation needed] was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 2007 to 2009. He took office on 20 January 2007 at the beginning of the second term of President Marc Ravalomanana.[2]
Charles Rabemananjara | |
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| 20th Prime Minister of Madagascar | |
| In office 20 January 2007 – 17 March 2009 | |
| President | Marc Ravalomanana |
| Preceded by | Jacques Sylla |
| Succeeded by | Monja Roindefo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1947 |
| Party | Tiako I Madagasikara |
Life and career
Rabemananjara was born in Antananarivo in 1947. During Marc Ravalomanana's first term as president, Rabemananjara became Director of the Military Cabinet of the Presidency in 2004[3] and was then named Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reform on November 28, 2005.[1][4] After becoming prime minister, Rabemananjara remained Interior Minister in the new government, named on January 25, 2007.[5]
Following the September 2007 parliamentary election, Ravalomanana appointed a new government, in which Rabemananjara remained in his posts as Prime Minister and Interior Minister, on October 27, 2007.[6] He was additionally assigned the Decentralization portfolio in the 19-member government appointed on April 30, 2008.[7] As prime minister, he was an ex officio member of the national political bureau of the ruling Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) political party and therefore remained on the political bureau at TIM's May 2008 congress.[8]
Rabemananjara is a Merina, like Ravalomanana.[1][3] He was also a general in the army of Madagascar.[1][2][3]