Richard Andriamanjato

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Richard Mahitsison Andriamanjato (born July 31, 1930 , † May 16, 2013 ) was a Malagasy Protestant pastor and communist politician .

Life

Andriamanjato came from a Protestant family. After attending an elementary school , he obtained his university entrance qualification and studied Protestant theology in France from 1950 to 1957 . After passing the exam, Andriamanjato was ordained pastor . In 1957 he took part in the Bandung Conference and became the leading figure of the part of the national movement opposite Philibert Tsiranana . Andriamanjato succeeded Pastor Ravelojaona as pastor at the Ambohitantely Temple in Antananarivo .

Andriamanjato became a member of the Council of the Protestant Federation of Madagascar . He was also elected President of the Council of Churches of Africa , was a member of the World Council of Churches in Geneva and a Director of the Christian Institute for Peace .

In 1958 he founded the Party of the Independent Congress of Madagascar (AKFM), which developed relations with the French Communist Party . It acted as the main opposition in the country for over a decade. In 1959 he was elected mayor of Antananarivo.

Andriamanjato supported Didier Ratsiraka in 1972 , and in 1976 he led the AKFM into the National Front for Defense of the Revolution , the ruling coalition. As a supporter of Albert Zafy , he separated from Ratsiraka and the AKFM in 1989 to form the Independent Congress of Madagascar / Renewal party . From 1991 to 1993 he was co-chairman of the Transitional Committee for Economic and Social Development together with Manandafy Rakotonirina . From 1993 to 1998 he was President of the National Assembly of Madagascar, In the presidential election in November 1996 took fifth place with 4.94% of the votes cast.

Since the 1960s Andriamanjato was a member of the Christian Peace Conference and took part in the II All-Christian Peace Assembly (ACFV) in Prague in 1964 . He was elected to their praesidium and was one of their vice-presidents. He gave several lectures, Bible studies and preached in their church services. At the V. ACFV 1978 he gave the main lecture on the topic of the conference: “God's call to solidarity - Christians for peace, justice and liberation”. a. positioned for a new economic order in the two-thirds world:

Andriamanjato withdrew from public life in the mid-1990s. His son Ny Hasina Andriamanjato is also a politician.

Publications

  • Anthropocratie, ou, Le devenir de l'humanité , 1995
  • Fitiavan-tanindrazana: tantara fampiseho andampihazo misy fizarana telo , 1978
  • Andriamanjato Richard Mahitsison and Rabemanahaka Jean Williberton: Ilay mahery fo , 1976
  • Lalan 'Andriamanitra: antso ho an'ny firenena , 2005
  • Tsiny et le tody dans la pensée malgache , 1957
  • Tsiny et le tody: dans la pensée malgache , 2002
  • Tsiny et le tody dans la pensée malgache , 1982

literature

  • Gerhard Bassarak (ed.): Diagnosis and prognosis. A collection of studies by R. Andriamanjato [u. a.] , 1969

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard ANDRIAMANJATO, History of the National Assembly, official website of the National Assembly (French)
  2. ↑ Richard ANDRIAMANJATO (French)
  3. ↑ Madagascar: Newly-elected National Assembly inaugurated , Malagasy National Radio (nl.newsbank.com), July 8, 1998
  4. ↑ REPORT DE LA MISSION EXPLORATOIREEN VUE DE L'ELECTION PRESIDENTIELLEDU 3 NOVEMBRE 1996 , democratie.francophonie.org (French)
  5. ↑ Report volumes of II. To VI. ACFV
  6. ↑ Report of the V. ACFV, p. 51f.
personal data
SURNAME Andriamanjato, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andriamanjato, Richard Mahitsison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malagasy Protestant pastor and communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1930
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2013