Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava was a Malagasy politician and soldier who served as the head of state of Madagascar for six days in February 1975 before his assassination in office.
Bust of Ratsimandrava
Philibert Tsiranana was a Malagasy politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Madagascar from 1958 to 1959, and subsequently as the country's first president from 1959 to 1972.
Tsiranana in 1961
An example of cattle ranchers in Madagascar.
The place de la Comédie, Montpellier.
Senator Norbert Zafimahova, representative of Madagascar in the Council of the Republic from 1948 to 1959