Mamy Ranaivoniarivo

Mamy Ranaivoniarivo
Minister of the Defence of Madagascar
In office
9 February 2009 – 17 March 2009
PresidentMarc Ravalomanana
Preceded byCécile Manorohanta
Personal details
Born (1950-12-06) 6 December 1950 (age 73)
Ambalavao, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar

Vice-Admiral Mamy Ranaivoniarivo (born 6 December 1950) is a Malagasy politician who was briefly the defence minister of Madagascar in early 2009. He was appointed to office on February 9, 2009, following Cécile Manorohanta's resignation, but resigned on March 10, 2009, after he was confronted by mutineer army officers who stated that they would no longer follow orders from current Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana and instead switch allegiances to Andry Rajoelina,[1] but this was later rescinded as Ranaivoniarivo explained that the "resignation" had been done under gunpoint.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Troops oust Madagascar minister". 10 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Madagascan defense minister retracts resignation". Archived from the original on 2009-03-14.