Marcelle Larguier was a Malagasy political figure who served as the second

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from 1972 to 1975 during the

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of her husband, General

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. Larguier held

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nationality. She married Ramanantsoa on 26 May 1934, at a

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in the Faravohitra neighborhood of

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. The couple had four children - Monique, Christian, Jean-Pierre and Gérard. Ramanantsoa's presidency was marked by a period of ethnic and political turmoil in

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. In response, Larguier, a French national and Madagascar's second first lady, maintained a low political profile and refrained from taking public stands on controversial issues during her tenure. Larguier survived her husband, who died on 9 May 1979.

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