Appolite Ramaroson Rarison

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Appolite Ramaroson Rarison (first name also listed internationally as Hippolyte ; born September 28, 1951 in Antananarivo ) is a Malagasy Vice Admiral and was President of Madagascar on March 17, 2009 . From February 25, 2010 to March 2011, he was Foreign Minister .

One day presidency

After months of unrest, Marc Ravalomanana , the previous president of Madagascar, handed over his office to Rarison. The new government announced an amendment to the country's constitution with a new republic. The Malagasy military handed over the presidency to the previous opposition leader Andry Rajoelina on the same day . He said, according to news agencies, "We categorically refused to set up the Board of Directors appointed by the President after his resignation."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The military wants to hand over power to opposition leaders , SpiegelOnline , March 17, 2009
  2. ^ "Opposition wins power struggle in Madagascar", tagesschau.de ( Memento from March 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), as of March 17, 2009, 10:12 pm
personal data
SURNAME Rarison, Appolite Ramaroson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malagasy politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Antananarivo