Benja Razafimahaleo is a
Malagasy politician who served as
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
in the government of
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 ...
from March 2009 to September 2009.
LEADER-Fanilo
Razafimahaleo is the brother of
, who was President of the
LEADER-Fanilo political party and a major political figure from the 1990s until his death in 2008. Benja was Director-General of
Sacimem for a time.
[Fano Rakotondrazaka]
"Andry TGV nomme quatre ministres"
''L'Express de Madagascar'', 11 February 2009 . Following Herizo's death, LEADER-Fanilo's national council chose
Manassé Esoavelomandroso as the party's National President in early September 2008, while Benja Razafimahaleo was chosen as one of four vice-presidents.
2009 political crisis
Razafimahaleo was appointed as
Minister of Finance and the Budget in the rival government of opposition leader
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 provisional government from 2009 to 2014 following a political ...
on 10 February 2009.
As the
political crisis
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involving Rajoelina and President
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 ...
escalated, Rajoelina's supporters installed Razafimahaleo in the Finance Ministry with the help of the military on 12 March 2009. Rajoelina took over the Presidency with the military's assistance a few days later.
Razafimahaleo was dismissed from the government on 8 September 2009.
"Monja Roindefo; Un gouvernement de 31 membres"
''Madagascar Tribune'', 9 September 2009 .
References
Finance ministers of Madagascar
Malagasy politicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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