Brigadier General
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Albert Camille Vital (born 18 July 1952) is a
Malagasy Army
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officer, politician and civil engineer who was
Prime Minister of Madagascar
This is a list of prime ministers of Madagascar, since the establishment of the office of chief minister in 1828, during the Merina Kingdom.
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* Politics ...
from 2009 to 2011. He is the president of the
Parti Hiaraka Isika.
Life and career
Trained in the
Soviet Union
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, Vital was Chief of the Technical Office of the State Forces Staff Development (1987–1991), and then appointed corps commander of the first regiment of the Military Region No. 5 Toliara (1998–2001) before training at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in Paris in 2001–2002.
On 20 December 2009, Vital was appointed as
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
by President
Andry Rajoelina
Andry Nirina Rajoelina (Malagasy: ; born 30 May 1974) is a Malagasy politician and businessman who has been the president of Madagascar since 2019. He was previously president of a High Transitional Authority, provisional government from 2009 t ...
, succeeding
Eugène Mangalaza
Eugène Régis Mangalaza (born 13 July 1950"Mangalaza Eugène Régis", ''Madagascar: Les Hommes de Pouvoir N°7''Africa Intelligence 13 November 2002 .) is a Malagasy political figure who was appointed as Prime Minister of Madagascar on 10 Octobe ...
. After nearly two years in office, Vital was succeeded by
on 28 October 2011.
After serving as Prime Minister, Vital was appointed as Permanent Representative to the
United Nations Office at Geneva
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; he presented his credentials as Permanent Representative in August 2012. He stood as the candidate of the
Parti Hiaraka Isika in the
October 2013 presidential election, placing fifth with 6.85% of the vote. He supported
Jean-Louis Robinson
Jean-Louis Richard Robinson (born 22 March 1952) is a Malagasy politician. Robinson was the top contender in the first round of the 2013 general election held in September 2013. He lost the run-off against Hery Rajaonarimampianina in the secon ...
, the candidate associated with
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 ...
, in the second round of voting, held in December 2013.
"Q&A: Madagascar election run-off"
BBC News, 19 December 2016.
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Toliara
Prime Ministers of Madagascar
Malagasy military personnel
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