Emmanuel Rakotovahiny

Emmanuel Rakotovahiny (16 August 1938 – 1 July 2020) was a Malagasy politician. He was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1995 to 1996. He was a close ally of Albert Zafy. He was the President of the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD).^[1]

On 6 October 2009, he was designated to become Vice-President of Madagascar as part of an agreement intended to resolve the 2009 political crisis.^[2]

Rakotovahiny died on 1 July 2020 from heart disease, aged 81.^[3]

1. ↑ "Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, « Des dérapages révélateurs d’une crise qui s’installe »", Madagascar Tribune, 5 May 2007 (in French).
2. ↑ "Le processus est de nouveau sur les rails; Andry Rajoelina, président, Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, vice président et Mangalaza Eugène, Premier ministre de la Transition" Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, Madagascar Tribune, 7 October 2009 (in French).
3. ↑ L’ancien Premier ministre Emmanuel Rakotovahiny décède (in French)