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Philibert Tsiranana (18 October 1912 – 16 April 1978) was a Malagasy politician and leader who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1958 to 1959, and then later the first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972.
Amborovy Airport (IATA: MJN, ICAO: FMNM), also known as Philibert Tsiranana Airport, is an airport in Mahajanga, Madagascar. Airlines and destinations ...
Philibert Tsiranana (1912–1978) — 1 May 1959 26 June 1960 1 year, 56 days PSD: Position abolished Malagasy Republic (independent country) 1 Philibert Tsiranana (1912–1978) 1965 1972: 26 June 1960 11 October 1972 (resigned.) [a] 12 years, 107 days PSD: Ramanantsoa: 2 Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906–1979) [b] 1972 (referendum) 11 October 1972 5 ...
Candidate Party Votes % Philibert Tsiranana: Social Democratic Party: 2,451,441: 97.78: Joseph Raseta: National Malagasy Union: 54,814: 2.19: Alfred Razafiarisoa
Protesters in Antananarivo burned the Hotel de Ville city hall in 1972.. The rotaka was a series of farmer and student protests in Madagascar between April 1971 and May 1972 that led to the collapse of the First Republic of Madagascar under President Philibert Tsiranana.
Philibert Tsiranana, from the Tsimihety ethnic group, was the first president of post-colonial era Madagascar. The anarchist system prevailed among the Tsimihety people before the 19th century. However, in 1823, Radama I, the Merina king, brought the entire island under one rule, including the Tsimihety, and abolished the international slave trade.
It was led by Philibert Tsiranana, a member of the French National Assembly. Tsiranana had joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) group, and the French SFIO government aided the construction of the PSD. The party campaigned for continued links with France in the 1958 referendum.
Philibert Tsiranana: Richard Nixon: August 16, 1971: Apolinaire Andriatsiafajato: Agreement approved but name subsequently withdrawn in 1961 he was Apolinaire Andriatsiafajato, executive secretary of the Social Democratic Party in the Malagasy Republic. From 1981 to 1984 he was Ambassador in Tokyo. From 1986 to 1988 he was Ambassador in Rome.