Richard Andriamanjato

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Richard Mahitsison Andriamanjato (31 July 1930 – 16 May 2013) was a Malagasy politician.[1]

After leaving education, Andriamanjato became a Pastor. He also became involved with the nationalist cause. From 1950 to 1957, he studied in France. In 1957, he attended the

Bandung Conference and became the leading figure in the section of the nationalist movement opposed to Philibert Tsiranana. He also succeeded the popular nationalist figure Pastor Ravelojaona as pastor of the Ambohitantely Temple in Antananarivo.[2]

Andriamanjato soon joined the Council of the Protestant Federation of Madagascar. He also became the President of the Council of the Churches of Africa, was a member of the World Council of Churches of Geneva and a director of the Christian Institute for Peace.[2]

Andriamanjato also became a convinced

Party of the Independence Congress of Madagascar (AKFM), which developed links with the French Communist Party and acted as the main opposition for more than a decade. In 1959, he was elected Mayor of Antananarivo.[2] He remained the AKFM's president until at least 1965, but was ineligible for the 1965 Malagasy presidential election due to his age.[3]

In 1972, Andriamanjato supported

National Assembly of Madagascar,[6] serving in that position until 1998.[7] He stood for his party in the November 1996 presidential election and took fifth place, receiving 4.94% of the votes cast.[8]

In 1991, his wife, Bao Andriamanjato, was arrested in Antananarivo, with five protestors being injured by police while interfering.[9] Since the mid-1990s, Andriamanjato stepped down from public life. His son, Ny Hasina Andriamanjato, is also a politician.

Sources

  1. ^ "Madagascar : Richard Andriamanjato décède à Paris à l'âge de 83 ans". Madagate.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Paredes 2010, p. 131.
  3. JSTOR 41230855
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  4. ^ Paredes 2010, pp. 131–132.
  5. ^ History of the National Assembly Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the National Assembly (in French).
  6. ^ Paredes 2010, p. 132.
  7. ^ "Madagascar: Newly-elected National Assembly inaugurated", Malagasy National Radio (nl.newsbank.com), July 8, 1998.
  8. ^ "RAPPORT DE LA MISSION EXPLORATOIREEN VUE DE L’ELECTION PRESIDENTIELLEDU 3 NOVEMBRE 1996", democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
  9. ProQuest 244121915
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Preceded by Mayor of Antananarivo
1959–1975 		Succeeded by


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