Rajemison Rakotomaharo

Guy Rajemison Rakotomaharo (born January 12 1950 [http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais_archives/actualites/deplacements_a_l_etranger/2005/juillet/fiches/madagascar-coi/madagascar_biographie_de_m_guy_rajemison_rakotomaharo.30728.html "Madagascar : biographie de M Guy RAJEMISON RAKOTOMAHARO."] , website of the French Presidency fr icon.] ) is a Malagasy politician who was President of the Senate of Madagascar from 2002 to 2008. He is currently the Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Rakotomaharo, a Merina, was born in Andilamena. From 1973 to 1990, he was an advisor to the Director-General of the Maritime Auxiliary of Madagascar (Auximad); subsequently, from 1990 to 1992 he was director of an Auximad agency and then administrative and financial director of a French company. He was Professor of Economics and Management at the University of Antananarivo, as well as at the Higher Institute of Business and Management Communication (ISCAM), from 1992 to 1996, and he held important positions at TIKO, Marc Ravalomanana's dairy company, from 1996 to 1999. Ravalomanana was elected as Mayor of Antananarivo in November 1999, and Rakotomaharo, who supported him, was elected as a municipal councillor from the Second Arrondissement of Antananarivo. Under Ravalomanana, he was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Antananarivo in February 2000.

In the December 2001 presidential election, Rakotomaharo was Ravalomanana's campaign director. After the election, Ravalomanana declared victory and took office as President under controversial circumstances, and Rakotomaharo served as Interim Mayor of Antananarivo in 2002. He was chosen as a member of the national political bureau of the Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) ruling party in mid-2002. [ [http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/AUSTRALE/madagascar/madagascarpartis/251tiakoimadagascar.htm "La direction de “Tiako i Madagasikara” (TIM)"] , "Afrique Express", N° 251, June 18, 2002 fr icon.] He was also appointed by Ravalomanana as a Senator, and on July 24 2002 he was elected as President of the Senate.Manjaka Hery, [http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Au-nom-de-l-alternance,6427.html "Rajemison Rakotomaharo; Au nom de l’alternance"] , "Madagascar Tribune", May 7, 2008 fr icon.]

In the April 2008 Senate election, Rakotomaharo was elected to another term in the Senate from Analamanga region; he received unanimous support from the 147 electors who voted, despite the presence of three other candidates. [ [http://www.mira.gov.mg/election/resultat-senatorial-detail.php?region=11 Results for Analamanga] , Ministry of the Interior website fr icon.] Yvan Randriasandratriniony was subsequently elected to succeed Rakotomaharo as President of the Senate on May 6 2008. Rakotomaharo officially proposed Randriasandratriniony for the position, and he said that the decision that he would not serve a second term was an internal TIM matter. Rakotomaharo was instead elected as First Vice-President of the Senate. [ [http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Le-TIM-verrouille,6446.html "Bureau permanent du Sénat; Le TIM verrouille"] , "Madagascar Tribune", May 8, 2008 fr icon.] At a TIM congress later in May 2008, Rakotomaharo was not included in the party's political bureau. [ [http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Rajemison-ecarte,6676.html "Bureau politique du TIM; Rajemison écarté"] , "Madagascar Tribune", May 22, 2008 fr icon.]

Rakotomaharo was subsequently appointed as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, and he was accordingly replaced as First Vice-President of the Senate by Noël Rakotondramboa on July 2 2008. He was also replaced in his Senate seat. [ [http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Elu-premier-vice-president,7511.html "Noël Rakotondramboa; Elu premier vice-président"] , "Madagascar Tribune", July 3, 2008 fr icon.] He departed Madagascar to take up his new post on July 12 2008. [ [http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Parti-avec-la-benediction,7712.html "Rajemison Rakotomaharo; Parti avec la bénédiction"] , "Madagascar Tribune", July 14, 2008 fr icon.]

Rakotomaharo is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar. [ [http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/AUSTRALE/madagascar/madagascarpol/263lenouveaugouvernement.htm "Le nouveau gouvernement quasiment inchangé consacre la haute mainmise du président sur le pouvoir"] , "Afrique Express", N° 263, January 29, 2003 fr icon.]

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