Ruler · 1936 – 2021
Didier Ratsiraka
Lived 1936 – 2021; politician, diplomat. President of Madagascar (Madagascar), 1975 – 1993 and 1 more term; also in the line of Democratic Republic of Madagascar and Third Republic of Madagascar.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 1936 – 2021
- 85 years
- In office
- 23 years
- 2 reigns
- Lines
- 3
- states
- Left it
- left office alive
- read off the dates alone
President of Madagascar
Madagascar · the 5th and 8th of 15 dated reigns · 1959 – 2025
Didier Ratsiraka1975 – 1993
Didier Ratsiraka1997 – 2002
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Reigned 1975 – 1993 · 18 years · came to it aged 39 · term 1 of 2
- Left it
- left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1993; they died in 2021
Reigned 1997 – 2002 · 5 years · came to it aged 61 · term 2 of 2
- Left it
- resignedread from the ruler's own article
After the 2001 election, he and his opponent Marc Ravalomanana engaged in a lengthy standoff after the latter refused to participate in a runoff election; Ratsiraka eventually stepped down.
Also in the line of Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1st of 1) and Third Republic of Madagascar (1st of 5).
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