Andry Nirina Rajoelina 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.
Rajoelina in 2023
Andry Rajoelina and his wife Mialy in 2012.
Pro-Rajoelina protesters in Antananarivo, 2009
Andry Rajoelina in 2012.
Marc Ravalomanana is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO, later launching successful wholesaler MAGRO and several additional companies.
Ravalomanana in 2017
Distribution airplane owned by Tiko
Ravalomanana and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Political protests in Antananarivo, January 2009