Awarded Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2008).
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Marc Ravalomanana
Marc Ravalomanana is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth president of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009.
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business · President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009 · politician · entrepreneur · also Marc Ravalomanana, Ravalomanana
Born 12 December 1949 · Q155554
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2008· 2 entries
A controversial land lease agreement with Korean agricultural firm Daewoo, the purchase of a costly presidential jet and the closure of media channels owned by opposition leader and mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Madagascar became the first country to benefit from the Millennium Challenge Account, a new development fund managed by the United States
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2004· 2 entries
Established the Bureau Indépendant Anti-Corruption (BIANCO), leading to a decline in government corruption
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The World Bank approved his administration's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, entitled Madagascar Naturellement (Madagascar Naturally)
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2002· 4 entries
To support Ravalomanana's presidency and came to dominate legislative and local elections
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Ravalomanana remained a prominent player in the private sector
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Career landmark: President of Madagascar (2002–2009).
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Amidst a dispute over election results in which he successfully pressed his claim to have won a majority in the first round
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2000· 2 entries
By all presidential candidates, Ravalomanana declared ownership of 27 properties valued at over two billion Malagasy francs
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Was elected vice-president of the FJKM
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1999· 2 entries
Ravalomanana ran as an independent candidate in the local elections, spending over $110,000 on his campaign—a level of expense then unheard of in a Malagasy mayoral race
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By founding the Tiako Iarivo party and successfully ran for the position of mayor of Antananarivo, serving from 1999 to 2001
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1997· 1 entry
Under the pretext of concern about mad cow disease, Ratsiraka obstructed Ravalomanana's plans to build a farm stocked with imported high-yield milk cows
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1977· 1 entry
In Sambaina on land he named Rova-Tiko ("Tiko Palace"), where he would build the first Tiko factory several years later
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-12-12.
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