Justine Tsiranana (c. 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a
Malagasy public figure who served as the first
First Lady of Madagascar from 1960 to 1972.
She was the wife of the country's founding president,
Philibert Tsiranana
Philibert Tsiranana (18 October 1912 – 16 April 1978) was a Malagasy politician and leader who served as the seventh prime minister of Madagascar from 1958 to 1959, and then later the first president of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972.
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Tsiranana was born Justine Kalotody. Originally a seamstress descending from the first translator of the Evangile in
Tsimihety language, she married Philibert Tsiranana on January 29, 1933, in a
Catholic
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wedding ceremony in the village of Antsirabe,
Mandritsara District.
[ In addition to her role as the country's first First Lady from 1960 to 1972, Tisranana served as the honorary president of the ]Red Cross
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of Madagascar.[
Justine Tsiranana died in July 1999 at the age of 81.]
Honors
*: Order of the Golden Heart Presidential Award (6 August 1964)
References
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
1910s births
1999 deaths
First ladies of Madagascar
Tsimihety people
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