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
The 2009 Malagasy political crisis began on 26 January 2009 with the political opposition movement led by Antananarivo mayor Andry Rajoelina, which sought to oust President Marc Ravalomanana from the presidency. The crisis reached its climax in t ...
. 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 provisional government from 2009 to 2014 following a political ...
, 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):
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Olga Ramalason
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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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), Minister of Culture and Heritage
*
Ruffine Tsiranana
Ruffine Tsiranana (born February 13, 1939 in Ambohimarina, Mandritsara died February 23, 2019 in Paris) was a Malagasy politician. She was a member of the Senate of Madagascar for Sofia Region. She was the daughter of the late President of ...
, Minister of Decentralisation
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Julien Reboza
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AVI
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), Minister of Water
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Régis Manoro
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Nestor Razafindrorika
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Jean André Ndremanjary
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, Minister of Technical Education and Professional Training
*(vacant), Minister of Environment and Forests
*
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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Lucien Rakotoarimasy
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, Minister of the Armed Forces
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Marcel Bernard
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AVI
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* Avi (born 1937), Newbery award-winning Americ ...
), Minister of Public Health
*Police Controller-General Arsène Rakotondrazaka, Minister of Internal Security
* Gérard Botralahy, Minister of Sports
*
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
Government of Camille Vital
The HAT Prime Minister before October 2011 was General Camille Vital. Among the members of his government were:
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Christine Razanamahasoa
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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
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Augustin Andriamananoro
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, Minister of telecommunications
* Mario Rakotovao, Minister of the environment
See also
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Politics of Madagascar
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