Marc Ravalomanana

The political consequences of the epidemic could be uncomfortable for the often blandly upbeat President Andy Rajoelina particularly in Antananarivo – the fiefdom of his main rival former head of state Marc Ravalomanana until a shock government victory in November's mayoral race...

The second round of the Madagascar presidential election on 19 December promises to be a hard fight between two sworn enemies: Marc Ravalomanana who led the country from 2002-09 and Andry Rajoelina the man who deposed him in a coup...

Only three stand a serious chance of election all of whom have previously held the country's highest office: Hery Rajaonarimampianina the incumbent; Marc Ravalomanana president from 2002 until a coup in 2009; and Andry Rajoelina who led that coup and remained president until elections in 2013...

Elected in 2002 the dairy magnate Marc Ravalomanana presided over seven years of growth increased investment and a steady rise in the standard of living until being ousted due to a combination of his own arrogance and his adversaries' opportunism...

They particularly object to one special clause which would block the candidacy of Marc Ravalomanana on the grounds of criminal convictions received in absentia after the former President was unconstitutionally ousted from power in 2009...

Polls in the airOver the next year Hery will gear up for a daunting re-election battle against his two immediate predecessors Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana – both big personalities who can mobilise a core of committed support...

The amnesty rules look set to exclude Hery's two main rivals ex-President Marc Ravalomanana and former transition regime chief Andry Rajoelina from the 2018 presidential race...

By far the most unpredictable element of the pro-government majority is Tiako-i-Madagasikara (TIM) of ex-President Marc Ravalomanana...

Instead he has cobbled together precarious alliances with the main parties Mapar and Tiako-i-Madagasikara (TIM 'I love Madagascar'; former President Marc Ravalomanana's party) and bribed flip-flopping independents who make up more than a third of MPs to get important bills through...

An alliance between former President Marc Ravalomanana and the current President Hery Rajaonarimampianina is gathering momentum as church leaders nudge Madagascar's political leaders down the path of national reconciliation...

Preliminary results show that the party backing the man Rajoelina overthrew Marc Ravalomanana – the Mouvance Ravalomanana – won 30 seats and independent candidates 26...