The High Transitional Authority ( Malagasy: ''Fitondrana Avon'ny Tetezamita'' (FAT); french: Haute autorité de transition or HAT) was a provisional executive body that came to power in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
following the coup that forced
Marc Ravalomanana
Marc Ravalomanana (; born 12 December 1949) is a Malagasy politician who was the 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 ...
to leave the country on March 17, 2009 as a result of the 2009 Malagasy protests. It was headed by
Andry Rajoelina
Andry Nirina Rajoelina (Malagasy: ; born 30 May 1974) is a Malagasy politician and businessman who has been the president of Madagascar since 2019. He was previously president of a High Transitional Authority, provisional government from 2009 t ...
, who appointed members to the body weeks prior to the handing of executive authority from Ravalomanana to the military, which subsequently gave the authority over to the High Transitional Authority.
The HAT was primarily dominated by members of Determined Malagasy Youth, Rajoelina's party.
On September 17, 2011, a "Roadmap for Ending the Crisis in Madagascar," was signed by opposition leaders that was backed by the
Southern African Development Community
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, or SADC. This resolution aimed at creating a stable government once more, and ending the political crisis that endured in Madagascar. The HAT repeatedly rescheduled the general election, which was held on 20 December 2013, following a first round of presidential elections on 25 October. The presidential elections in December were a runoff between
Jean Louis Robinson
Jean-Louis Richard Robinson (born 22 March 1952) is a Malagasy politician. Robinson was the top contender in the first round of the 2013 general election held in September 2013. He lost the run-off against Hery Rajaonarimampianina in the secon ...
and
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana (; ; born 6 November 1958) is a Malagasy politician who was President of Madagascar from January 2014 to September 2018, resigning to run for re-election. Previously he served as Minister of Fina ...
, the top two candidates to emerge from the first round of voting in October. The official results of the second round were announced on 7 January 2014 with Rajaonarimampianina proclaimed the victor with nearly 54% of the vote. This election ended the HAT and restored a regular constitutional government in Madagascar.
Government of Omer Beriziky
On 28 October 2011, Rajoelina announced the selection of a Prime Minister of consensus,
Omer Beriziky
Jean Omer Beriziky (born 9 September 1950
, who was responsible for forming a new government of consensus intended to facilitate preparations for internationally recognized presidential elections. The Beriziky government includes the following members (party affiliation in parentheses):
* Jean Omer Beriziky ( LEADER-Fanilo), Prime Minister
* Hajo Herivelona Andrianainarivelo, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of development
* Pierrot Botozaza, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economy and industry
*
Elia Ravelomanantsoa
Elia Ravelomanantsoa (born 1960) is a Malagasy politician and the director of Synergy-FCB.
Born in Antananarivo, Ravelomanantsoa set herself up in business at the age of seventeen. She founded the Manja festival of fashion in 1986. From 1990 u ...
(
Our Madagascar
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An election is a formal group d ...
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana (; ; born 6 November 1958) is a Malagasy politician who was President of Madagascar from January 2014 to September 2018, resigning to run for re-election. Previously he served as Minister of Fina ...
,
Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
Jean Max Rakotomamonjy
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( LEADER-Fanilo), Minister of Tourism
* Benjamina Ramarcel Ramanantsoa, Minister of Transport
*Colonel Botomanovatsara, Minister of Public Works and Meteorology
*General Randrianazary, Secretary of State at the National Gendarmerie
Benja Razafimahaleo
Benja Razafimahaleo is a Malagasy politician who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Madagascar from March 2009 to September 2009.
LEADER-Fanilo
Razafimahaleo is the brother of Herizo Razafimahaleo, who was President of the LEADE ...