Yvan Randriasandratriniony is a Malagasy politician. He served in the government of Madagascar as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing from March 2002 to January 2004 and Minister of Decentralization and Regional Planning from January 2007 to April 2008. He became President of Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM), the ruling party, in October 2007, and he was President of the

Senate of Madagascar The Senate ( mg, Antenimierandoholona / french: Sénat) is the upper chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Madagascar. The Senate has 33 members: 22 are indirectly elected, one from each of the 22 regions of Madagascar, and 11 are appointed b ...

from May 2008 to March 2009; he also served for a time as Ambassador to South Africa.

Life and career

Following the December 2001 presidential election, which opposition candidate

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 ...

claimed to have won, Ravalomanana declared himself President, and on 1 March 2002 he named a government, which included Randriasandratriniony as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing. Randriasandratriniony remained in that position until he was replaced in the government named on 5 January 2004. On 30 June 2004, he became Madagascar's Ambassador to South Africa. Randriasandratriniony was appointed Minister at the Presidency for Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government named on 25 January 2007. He ranked second in the government, after Prime Minister

Charles Rabemananjara Charles Rabemananjara (born June 9, 1947

. In the September 2007 parliamentary election, Randriasandratriniony stood as the TIM candidate in the

Fianarantsoa Fianarantsoa is a city (commune urbaine) in south central Madagascar, and is the capital of Haute Matsiatra Region. History It was built in the early 19th century by the Merina as the administrative capital for the newly conquered Betsileo king ...

I constituency,Iloniaina Alain
"Afrique: Quatorze candidats à Fianarantsoa"
''L'Express de Madagascar'', 24 August 2007 . which is considered an opposition stronghold. According to provisional results, he won with 37.7% of the vote;
''Madagascar Tribune'', number 5,666, 25 September 2007 . despite his victory, this was considered a relatively low score. Randriasandratriniony became the Interim National President of TIM on 12 October 2007, succeeding

Solofonantenaina Razoarimihaja Solofonantenaina Razoarimihaja is a Malagasy politician. A member of the National Assembly of Madagascar, he was elected as a member of the Tiako I Madagasikara party; he represents the fifth constituency of Antananarivo Antananarivo ( F ...

. He retained his post as Minister at the Presidency for Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government appointed on 27 October 2007. As a TIM candidate, he was elected as a Senator from

Haute Matsiatra Haute Matsiatra (in Malagasy: Matsiatra Ambony) is a region in Madagascar. It borders Amoron'i Mania region in north, Vatovavy-Fitovinany in east, Ihorombe in south and Atsimo-Andrefana in west. The capital of the region is Fianarantsoa, and the p ...

region in the April 2008 Senate election;Results for Haute Matsiatra
Ministry of the Interior website . in this indirect election, he received unanimous support from the 89 electors. Randriasandratriniony was removed from his post as Minister near the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government appointed on 30 April 2008. Subsequently, Randriasandratriniony was elected as President of the Senate on 6 May 2008; as the sole candidate, he received the unanimous support of the 33 Senators who voted, and he took office immediately after the vote. On this occasion, Randriasandratriniony described himself as "a man of dialogue" and said that he was "ready to listen, even to those who do not share my political beliefs". He was officially elected as President of TIM on 21 May 2008, at the party's second national congress."Le parti au pouvoir tient son congrès national"
Xinhua, 22 May 2008 .

References

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