Jacques Sylla

Jacques Sylla (born July 22, 1946 on the island of Sainte Marie , † December 26, 2009 in Antananarivo ) was Prime Minister of Madagascar .

Life

Jacques Sylla was the son of the former Foreign Minister of Madagascar Albert Sylla , who worked in the 1960s under the then President Philibert Tsiranana . He himself studied business law and was a Malagasy and French citizen.

Jacques Sylla held the post of Prime Minister from February 2002 to January 2007 under President Marc Ravalomanana . He was in the government under Albert Zafy 1993-1996 already foreign minister . After the 2002 crisis in Madagascar, he was able to motivate a group of donors ("The Friends of Madagascar") to start negotiations with his government a year later. This group mainly consisted of the World Bank , the EU and the UN Development Program . On January 19, 2007, he resigned from the office of Prime Minister. His successor was Charles Rabemananjara .

From 2007 to 2009 he was President of the National Assembly of Madagascar.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary , Le Figaro
2. ↑ madagaskar-travel.de of October 26, 2003 ( Memento of the original of August 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Africa Yearbook 2003, page 270