Neny Lalao Rakotonirainy Ravalomanana (born 1953) is a Malagasy

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and

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. When her husband,

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 ...

, was President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009, she was

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. Ravalomanana was born Lalao Harivelo Rakotonirainy in

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. She married Marc Ravalomanana in 1974 at a ceremony held in Imerikasinina. The couple have four children: Josoa, Tojo, Sarah, and Maika. In April 2013, Lalao Ravalomanana put herself forward to run in the 2013 presidential election, an election in which her husband was barred from standing. However, Ravalomanana, who had recently returned from exile in

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where she lived with her husband, was barred from running for not having lived in Madagascar for 6 months before the poll Ravalomanana then publicly endorsed medical doctor and politician

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 second ...

from Antananarivo. From October 2015 to January 2020 Lalao Ravalomanana served as

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President and First Lady of Madagascar visits Lipscomb University, meets with business leaders
(includes photos of Lalao Ravalomanana]

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