Herimanana Razafimahefa (born 1957)
is a
Malagasy politician who is serving as
President of the Senate of Madagascar as of January 2021, succeeding
Rivo Rakotovao
Rivo Rakotovao (born 12 May 1960) is a Malagasy politician who served as Acting President of Madagascar from 2018 to 2019. Rakotovao also served as President of the Senate of Madagascar.
Acting President of Madagascar
On September 7, 2018, Pr ...
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He was previously a senator representing
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 ran unopposed for the president of the senate position.
In August 2020, following a reorganization of the
Ministry of National Education, Technical and Vocational Education (MENETP), Razafimahefa was reappointed secretary general of the Ministry of National Education.
While in the education ministry, he also made international news in April 2020 for supporting 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 provisional government from 2009 to 2014 following a political ...
's recommendation to use a certain
herbal drink to protect people from
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
Razafimahefa was described by the ''In Transformation Initiative'' newsletter as a "fierce Rajoelina loyalist".
Razafimahefa has worked as a minister of energy and mines.
References
1957 births
Living people
Presidents of the Senate (Madagascar)
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