Ny Hasina Andriamanjato is a Malagasy

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who served in the government of Madagadcar as

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from 2009 to 2010.

Life and career

The son of Pasteur

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 ...

,"Election présidentielle: Ny Hasina Andriamanjato, candidat"
'' Madagascar Tribune'', number 5251, May 6, 2006 . Andriamanjato studied in Madagascar and the

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,"Ny Hasina Andriamanjato : un jeune rival de plus pour Marc Ravalomanana"
Madanight.com, May 2006 . and he became Minister for Post and Telecommunications under Prime Minister Francisque Ravony in 1993. He held this position for nine years, serving under two presidents (

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and

Didier Ratsiraka Didier Ignace Ratsiraka (; 4 November 1936 – 28 March 2021) was a Malagasy people, Malagasy politician and Madagascar Navy, naval officer who was President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002. At the time of his death, he was ...

) and a total of five prime ministers. In 2002, he was

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ed, and as a result, he stood down in late February 2002, playing no further part in the political struggle of that year. After 2002, he stayed out of the political arena, while remaining a member of the

Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar Party of the Independence Congress of Madagascar (in French: ''Parti du Congrès de l'indépendence de Madagascar'', in Malagasy: ''Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara''), is a communist political party in Madagascar. AKFM was ...

. On March 31, 2006, he appeared for an interview on TV Plus, where he expressed his belief in the necessity of national reconciliation and said that he was prepared to run in the next presidential election if the nation's interest required it. He officially confirmed his candidacy on May 5, 2006, but said that he would not be a candidate of any party or coalition. As an

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candidate in the election, held on December 3, 2006, he placed sixth with 4.18% of the vote. During the

2009 Malagasy political crisis The 2009 Malagasy political crisis began on 26 January 2009 with the political opposition movement led by Antananarivo mayor Andry Rajoelina, which sought to oust President Marc Ravalomanana from the presidency. The crisis reached its climax in t ...

, Andriamanjato was among the opposition leaders who backed

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 ...

Mayor

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 ...

in his dispute with 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 ...

; along with other opposition leaders, he submitted a petition to the High Constitutional Court on 2 February 2009 asking it to remove Ravalomanana from office. After Rajoelina declared himself head of state (while still in opposition, and not holding actual power), he appointed Andriamanjato as his Minister of Foreign Affairs. Andriamanjato participated in negotiations between Ravalomanana and Rajoelina on February 24, 2009. After Ravalomanana resigned and Rajoelina took power, Andriamanjato officially succeeded

Marcel Ranjeva General Marcel Razanakombana Ranjeva (born 15 January 1944) is a Malagasy politician. He was the Minister of Defense in the government of Madagascar under President Didier Ratsiraka until he resigned on March 8, 2002, and pledged his support to ...

as Minister of Foreign Affairs at a ceremony on March 23, 2009. On 8 September 2009, Andriamanjato was promoted to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister, while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio. A few months later, he resigned from the government on 12 February 2010. In doing so, he cited Rajoelina's failure to create a national unity government, which he said was necessary to pave the way for elections and prevent future crises. However, he also said that the purpose of his resignation was "to guide Andry Rajoelina, to help him.""Madagascar strongman's foreign minister resigns"
AFP, 12 February 2010.

References

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