Pascal Joseph Rakotomavo (1 April 1934Biographical page at Antananarivo Province website
. – 14 December 2010) was a Malagasy politician. He was the

Prime Minister of Madagascar This is a list of prime ministers of Madagascar, since the establishment of the office of chief minister in 1828, during the Merina Kingdom. List of officeholders ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Status See also * Politics ...

from 21 February 1997 Guy Arnold
Madagascar: Year in Review 1997
Britannica.com. to 23 July 1998.

Life and career

Born in

Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...

, Rakotomavo was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1982 to 1989,http://biblio.univ-antananarivo.mg/pdfs/andrianaivoAvotraniainaR_ECO_M1_14.pdf and Special Adviser to President

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from 1989 to 1993. His appointment as Prime Minister in February 1997, following Ratsiraka's return to the presidency, was considered surprising. Rakotomavo served as Governor of Antananarivo Province from June 2001 to 2002. He was also Ratsiraka's campaign director in the December 2001 presidential election, but in the political crisis that followed between Ratsiraka and opposition candidate

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, as governor he adopted what has been described as a neutral position. On 28 February 2002, Ratsiraka appointed General Léon-Claude Raveloarison as military governor of Antananarivo Province under

martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Marti ...

. Rakotomavo was the only one of the six provincial governors to not sign a declaration that

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, Ratsiraka's stronghold during the 2002 political crisis, was the nation's provisional capital. After Ravalomanana prevailed in the dispute, Rakotomavo, unlike the governors of the other provinces, was not prosecuted."En lambeau !"
''Madagascar Tribune'', 24 January 2005 .

References

1934 births 2010 deaths People from Antananarivo Economy ministers of Madagascar Finance ministers of Madagascar Prime Ministers of Madagascar Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar politicians {{Madagascar-politician-stub