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2002 Malagasy Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 15 December 2002. They were won by the Tiako I Madagasikara party of List of Presidents of Madagascar, President Marc Ravalomanana, which took 103 of the 160 seats. Voter turnout was 67.86% of the 5,844,564 registered voters. EISA Results References {{Malagasy elections Elections in Madagascar 2002 elections in Africa, Madagascar 2002 in Madagascar December 2002 events in Africa Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Ravalomanana
Marc Ravalomanana (; born 12 December 1949) is a Malagasy politician who was the President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO, later launching successful wholesaler MAGRO and several additional companies. He entered politics upon founding the Tiako Iarivo political party in 1999 and successfully ran for the position of mayor of Antananarivo, holding the position from 1999 to 2001. As mayor he improved sanitary and security conditions in the city. In August 2001 he announced his candidacy as an independent in the December 2001 presidential election. He then took office as president in 2002 amidst a dispute over election results in which he successfully pressed his claim to have won a majority in the first round. Under the leadership of Jacques Sylla, Ravalomanana's Prime Minister from 2002 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union (Madagascar)
The National Union (''Firaisankinam-Pirenena'') was an alliance of the political parties TIM, AVI and RPSD in Madagascar. The alliance participated in the last legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ..., 15 December 2002, and won 8.8% of the popular vote and 22 out of 160 seats. The National Union had one of the highest-per-capita representation rates in sub-saharan Africa. As of 2007, 7 members of the parliament are labelled as representatives of Firaisankinam-pirenena. Defunct political parties in Madagascar Defunct political party alliances in Africa {{Madagascar-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For The Rebirth Of Madagascar
The Malagasy Revolutionary Party, better known by its Malagasy acronym AREMA (from ), is a political party in Madagascar. It was the ruling party of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state, from 1976 to 1992. Name "AREMA" was originally an acronym derived from the party's Malagasy and French names: () in Malagasy and () in French. Sometime around 2001, the party changed its Malagasy name to () and its French name to (). Although the acronym "AREMA" was maintained in both Malagasy and French, the meaning of the party's name differed between the two languages. The party later changed its French name to , the acronym "AREMA" now also applying to the party's English name, Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar. In 2020 the party adopted the Malagasy name () for all its official publications, including those in French. History The party was founded on 30 March 1976 as the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution, the main politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Liberalism And Democratic Action For National Recovery
Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action for National Recovery (''Libéralisme Économique et Action Démocratique pour la Reconstruction Nationale'', or ''LEADER-Fanilo'') is a political party in Madagascar. The party was founded by Herizo Razafimahaleo in June 1992;"Principaux jalons du parcours de Herizo Razafimahaleo" , Herizo.org . since his death in 2008, it has been led by Manassé Esoavelomandroso. After the June 1993 parliamentary election, LEADER-Fanilo joined the government of Prime Minister [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebirth Of The Social Democratic Party
The Rebirth of the Social Democratic Party (, RPSD) is a political party in Madagascar. At the legislative elections, 15 December 2002, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 5 out of 160 seats. Since the May 2019 National Assembly elections, it is only represented by one member in parliament, Jean Eugene Voninahitsy. Divisions This party was formed from an division of the former PSD (Social Democratic Party of Madagascar), the first party that was in power in Madagascar before the 1972 revolution. This party was reborn as the RPSD, PFDM and RPSD Vaovao. Pierre Tsiranana Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ..., founded the PFDM (Parti Fort Democrate de Madagascar) after having demissed from RPSD in 1996. Jean Eugène Voninahitsy founded the RPSD Vaovao in 2001 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toamasina Tonga Saina
Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French language, French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the country, situated northeast of its capital and biggest city Antananarivo. In 2018 Toamasina had a population of 325,857. History Under French rule, Toamasina was the seat of several foreign consuls, as well as of numerous French officials, and was the chief port for the capital and the interior. Imports consisted principally of piece-goods, farinaceous foods, and iron and steel goods; main exports were gold dust, raffia, hides, caoutchouc (natural rubber) and live animals. Communication with Europe was maintained by steamers of the Messageries Maritimes and the Havraise companies, and also with Mauritius, and thence to Sri Lanka, by the British Union-Castle Line. During the colonial period, owing to the character of the soil and the formerly crowded na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Popular Forces
United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two film Literature * ''United!'' (novel), a 1973 children's novel by Michael Hardcastle Music * United (band), Japanese thrash metal band formed in 1981 Albums * ''United'' (Commodores album), 1986 * ''United'' (Dream Evil album), 2006 * ''United'' (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album), 1967 * ''United'' (Marian Gold album), 1996 * ''United'' (Phoenix album), 2000 * ''United'' (Woody Shaw album), 1981 Songs * "United" (Judas Priest song), 1980 * "United" (Prince Ital Joe and Marky Mark song), 1994 * "United" (Robbie Williams song), 2000 * "United", a song by Danish duo Nik & Jay featuring Lisa Rowe Television * ''United'' (TV series), a 1990 BBC Two documentary series * ''United!'', a soap opera that aired on BBC One from 1965-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Madagascar
Madagascar elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people, by absolute majority through a two-round system. The Parliament has two chambers. The National Assembly (''Antenimieram-Pirenena/Assemblée Nationale'') has 151 members, elected for a five-year term in single-member and two-member constituencies. In single-member constituencies, representatives are elected by simple majority, in the two-member constituencies, closed party lists are used, with the two seats distributed using a highest averages method. The Senate (''Sénat'') has 33 members, 22 members elected by the regions by provincial electors, and 11 members appointed by the president, all for 5 year terms. Latest elections Local elections The electors of Madagascar went to the polls on Friday, 31 July 2015 to choose the local government officials to take charge for the next four years. Over 8,484,714 people were expected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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