Victor Ramahatra
12th Prime Minister of Madagascar
In office
12 February 1988 – 8 August 1991
PresidentDidier Ratsiraka
Preceded byDésiré Rakotoarijaona
Succeeded byGuy Razanamasy
Personal details
Born (1945-09-06) 6 September 1945 (age 78)
Antananarivo,
French Madagascar (Now Madagascar)
NationalityMadagascar Malagasy
Political partyMilitary

Victor Ramahatra (born 6 September 1945) is a former politician in Madagascar. He was born in Antananarivo.[1] During the presidency of Didier Ratsiraka, Ramahatra served as Prime Minister of Madagascar from 12 February 1988 until 8 August 1991,[2] replacing long-time prime minister Désiré Rakotoarijaona. When Ratsiraka returned to office in 1997, Ramahatra became a special military adviser to him. In June 2002 Ramahatra was charged with treason and imprisoned for alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate President Marc Ravalomanana.[3] He was released in October 2002.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Ed, 63rd (1 August 1999). International Who's Who 2000. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857430509. Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via Google Books.((cite book)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Victor Ramahatra on the Contemporary Africa Database Archived 2006-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Ex-PM imprisoned for 'treason' in Madagascar", Times of India, June 26, 2002
  4. ^ "Victor ramahatra libéré à la suite d'un non-lieu prononcé par le tribunal", L'Express de Madagascar, November 03, 2002.
  5. ^ "Le général Ramahatra libéré", MATERA, October 31, 2002.
Political offices Preceded byDésiré Rakotoarijaona Prime Minister of Madagascar 1988-1991 Succeeded byGuy Razanamasy
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