Party of the Independence Congress of Madagascar (in

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: ''Parti du Congrès de l'indépendence de Madagascar'', in Malagasy: ''Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara''), is a

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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 ...

. AKFM was founded on November 8, 1958. One of the organizations that took part in the formation was the UPM of

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. The founding president was

Richard Andriamanjato Richard Mahitsison Andriamanjato (31 July 1930 – 16 May 2013) was a Madagascar, Malagasy politician. After leaving education, Andriamanjato became a Pastor. He also became involved with the nationalist cause. From 1950 to 1957, he studied in Fra ...

, a Merina

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priest who had developed links to the

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. Throughout its history, AKFM has been dominated by Merinas. AKFM favored immediate independence. Initially, the party was mainly based in

Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...

and

Antsiranana Antsiranana ( mg, Antsiran̈ana ), named Diego-Suárez prior to 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar. Antsiranana is the capital of Diana Region. It had an estimated population of 115,015 in 2013. History The bay and city originally u ...

. The general secretary of AKFM 1960-1990 was

Gisèle Rabesahala Marie Gisèle Aimée Rabesahala (61 May 1929 – 27 June 2011) was a Malagasy politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the government of Madagascar. She entered politics at the age of 17, campaigning on be ...

. On October 11, 1959, AKFM won the municipal elections in Antananarivo. AKFM got 25 out of 37 seats. On the same day the list of AKFM and FISEMA won the municipal elections in Diégo-Suarez (now

), where Sautron had been the mayor. AKFM-FISEMA got 19 out of 27 seats, and Sautron was reelected, mayor. After 1976 AKFM was part of the ruling FNRD. In March 1989, Andriamanjato broke away and formed the pro- Albert Zafy

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References

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