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  Madagascar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The principal institutions of the Republic of Madagascar are a presidency, a parliament (National Assembly and Senate), a prime ministry and cabinet, and an independent judiciary.
President Ravalomanana rose to prominence through his agro-foods TIKO company, and is known for attempting to apply many of the lessons learned in the world of business to running the government.
Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Asian and African origin, though those who are visibly Asian in appearance and culture are the minority, found in the highland regions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madagascar   (3637 words)

  
 President of Madagascar to visit ACU, speak at luncheon
Marc Ravalomanana, president of the Republic of Madagascar, a developing nation off the southeastern coast of Africa, will be on the campus of Abilene Christian University Feb. 5-6 visiting the 24 Malagasy students sent to ACU by the government of Madagascar to help develop future leaders for the nation.
The students are from 15 regions of the Republic of Madagascar, and their tuition for the next four years is paid by the government of Madagascar.
Madagascar is an island nation of 17.5 million people and was a colony of France for nearly 70 years, gaining independence in 1960.
www.acu.edu /events/news/archives2005/050128_malagasy_pres.html   (705 words)

  
 Madagascar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa.
It is the home of five percent of the world's plant and animal species, 80 per cent of them unique to Madagascar.
Madagascar and Mauritania are the only countries not to use a decimal currency.
hallencyclopedia.com /Madagascar   (338 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, President of Cape Verde (1991–2001)
President - Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia (1990–2002)
President - Alfonso Portillo, President of Guatemala (2000–2004)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_2001   (3161 words)

  
 Madagascar on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Le président élu de Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana Le porte-parole du président élu de Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana a affir.
Le président élu de Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana Le président élu de Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana a accusé vendredi le pr.
Typhon au sud Madagascar en 1997 vu depuis Discovery Le cyclone tropical Manou, qui a atteint Madagascar jeudi, a provoqué.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Madagasc.asp   (676 words)

  
 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Pr'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Presidency of the Council of the European Union
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pr   (192 words)

  
 Madagascar
Madagascar is a large island off the coast of Africa.
Madagascar is 1,000 miles in length and 250 miles in width.
The president of Madagascar is Albert Zafy and the prime minister is Francisque Revony.
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 Conservation Frontlines - Madagascar
Madagascar began emerging from the shadows of obscurity when its new leader, President Marc Ravalomanana, took office in 2002 and initiated bold steps to move his nation into the modern world and safeguard its amazing—but deeply threatened—biodiversity.
In terms of its primates—all of them lemurs—no other country comes close to Madagascar in primate endemism at the family and generic level, with five families and 15 genera found nowhere else, and a total of 69 taxa (with more still to be described).
In addition, Madagascar provides us with one of the best—or worst—examples of a major extinction spasm in modern times, caused at least in part by the impact of hunting after the first arrival of people some 2,000–2,500 years ago.
www.conservation.org /xp/frontlines/protectedareas/06030501.xml   (1542 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa
According to the new constitution, the principal institutions of the Republic of Madagascar are a presidency, a parliament (National Assembly and Senate), a prime ministry and government, and an independent judiciary.
The president is elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term, renewable only once, and is primarily responsible for Madagascar's defense and foreign policy.
In 1990, Madagascar was designated as a priority aid recipient, and assistance increased from $15 million in 1989 to $40 million in 1993.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/madagascar9404.html   (3098 words)

  
 Madagascar's former president flees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Didier Ratsiraka, Madagascar's embattled former president, fled into exile on Friday, bringing to an end a six-month struggle for power that brought the Indian Ocean island to the brink of civil war and economic collapse.
Madagascar had pointedly been banned from the landmark OAU heads of state summit which begins on Monday in Durban, in South Africa, to lay the organisation to rest and to launch the African Union, modelled on the European Union.
Madagascar's economy has been battered as tourism declined, factories closed, inflation and unemployment rocketed and investors fled.
www.madagasikara.de /NEWSJuni-3/020706ft.htm   (445 words)

  
 Madagascar president vows to triple conservation efforts
Madagascar plans to more than triple the number of its protected sites to halt an alarming decline in its unique environment, the country's President Marc Ravalamonana said here Tuesday.
Ravalomanana said the number of protected sites on Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island which separated from the African mainland some 165 million years ago, will be increased from the current three percent to 10 percent of the territory over the next five years.
Humans settled in Madagascar only about 1,500 years ago, and the island's plants and animals developed in pristine isolation, with more than 10,000 species found nowhere else in the world.
www.terradaily.com /2003/030916150117.ov778mei.html   (392 words)

  
 Madagascar - Biocrawler definition:Madagascar - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Madagascar's first President, Pilibert Tsiranana, was elected when his Social Democratic Party gained power at independence in 1960 and was reelected without opposition in March 1972.
The eastern, or windward, side of the island is home to tropical rainforests, while the eastern and southern sides of the island, which lie in the rain shadow of the central highlands, are home to tropical dry forests, thorn forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands.
Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Asian and African origin.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Madagascar   (3502 words)

  
 Map & Graph: Countries by Government: Executive branch: Elections
French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high administrator appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly
French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly
president elected by an electoral college, which consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for a five-year term; election last held 14 February 2003 (next to be held NA 2008); the president usually appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives
www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/gov_exe_bra_ele   (6677 words)

  
 Madagascar's Two-Headed Monster
Madagascar is off the region of Mozambique, which corresponds to Florida in Africa.
The Madagascar mess has two precedents in history, the Palestinian demand for a state, and the 2000 Presidential election in the USA where the Florida showdown determined the outcome of the election.
Both the Florida Presidential election and the Madagascar Presidential election are analogous to the Palestinian bid for a state in Israel.
www.biblenews1.com /history2/20020222.htm   (1007 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service
In an interview with AANA, Mr Ravalomanana, who is also the deputy president of his church, the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, noted that Africa was teeming with millions of Christians who comprised the Church's extensive network.
The president, who had made a stop over in Nairobi (26 January) on his way to Germany and Switzerland, also told an airport press conference that there was an apparent warming up of relations between his country and the Africa Union (AU).
The president pointed out that a fact-finding committee of AU was in his country to gather facts and to report to the AU for the organisation's July meeting to make a decision on whether or not to recognise his leadership.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/33/00/acns3304.html   (326 words)

  
 ACP summit opening marred by Madagascar power struggle
Former Madagascar leader Didier Ratsiraka, who retains the backing of some key African states, sent a delegate to represent his troubled Indian Ocean island state at the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) summit, the officials said.
In the end, the delegate was escorted away from the meeting room and the Madagascar seat left open, an official with the ACP secretariat said.
Madagascar's seat was left vacant at the AU summit in South Africa.
www.namibian.com.na /2002/july/world/02724BA3AE.html   (427 words)

  
 Comparing Madagascar to Kenya --   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Both President Ravalomana of Madagascar and President Kibaki of Kenya were elected to office in the year 2002.
President Ravalomana has pushed through painful but necessary changes, even if that means hurting his own supporters.
In Madagascar Most of the benefits of all this are being felt in previously neglected rural and coastal areas.
kenyapage.net /letters/madagascar.html   (608 words)

  
 Country Fact Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Madagascar was under French colonial rule from 1886 until 1960.
The Merina originally retained power in Madagascar, up until French domination, and are proud of their Christian influence in the continent; which was a result of missionary influence.
Madagascar, compared to other African nations, is within the top fifteen with a GDPof $12.59 billion.
web.pdx.edu /~apullem/madagascar/fact_page.html   (656 words)

  
 Madagascar news
Madagascar in for a surprise Sep 30, 2005
BBC News, Madagascar officials say they have almost given up hope of finding a vessel with some 30 people on board which was last heard from a week ago.
The president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana 11 Mar 2002
external.wildmadagascar.org   (2606 words)

  
 afrol News - Ravalomanana now sole President of Madagascar
According to the pro-Ravalomanana daily 'Madagascar Tribune', in Madagascar, the feeling "which prevails is relief" after having heard the news of Ratsiraka's departure.
Even if Ratsiraka was an old friend of the long-time Seychellois ruler, President France Albert René (whom he rescued in a 1983 coup), the Antananarivo-based newspaper reports of "a cold reception" in Mahé, which did not want to alienate the new Malagasy government.
The country's poverty rate is expected to have increased from 65 to 73 percent as a result of the turmoil and GDP is set to decrease by around 10 percent in 2002.
www.afrol.com /News2002/mad041_ratsiraka_flees.htm   (773 words)

  
 Madagascar -> Economy on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The economy of Madagascar is overwhelmingly agricultural, largely of a subsistence type; the best farmland is in the east and northwest.
Madagascar carries on a relatively small foreign trade, and the annual value of imports is usually higher than the value of exports.
Madagascar relies heavily upon assistance from members of the European Union and international agencies.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Madagasc_Economy.asp   (813 words)

  
 Madagascar -> Land, People, and Government on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Madagascar is made up of a highland plateau fringed by a lowland coastal strip, narrow (c.30 mi/50 km) in the east and considerably wider (c.60-125 mi/100-200 km) in the west.
The executive branch is headed by a president, who is elected by popular vote for a five-year term.
The president appoints a prime minister from a list of candidates nominated by the national assembly.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Madagasc_LandPeopleandGovernment.asp   (994 words)

  
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He confirmed that in August President Marc Ravalomanana turned down a request from the former ruler to return to the country.
Two of Ratsiraka's former provincial governors were also sentenced to five years in prison at Monday's hearing, while three other governors will have to serve three years each for their support of the attempted secession.
The Indian Ocean island was thrown into turmoil for six months in 2002 when Ravalomanana, the popular mayor of the capital, Antananarivo, accused the then incumbent president Ratsiraka of rigging the presidential elections in December 2001.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=38475&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MADAGASCAR   (647 words)

  
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Madagascar is chosen as first pilot country, its Ambassador to the UN as leader and UN senior officer introduce UN Alliance to Geneva, New York and Washington agencies.
September 2003: The President of Madagascar addresses a breakfast meeting organized by the Alliance in New York with high-level business, UN system and other representatives.
Marc Ravalomanana, President of the Republic of Madagascar addressed the Roundtable Discussion on achieving the Millennium Development Goals for water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa with a gender perspective.
www.un.org /esa/coordination/Alliance/events.htm   (497 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Madagascar crowds greet 'president'
Madagascar's main opposition leader, Marc Ravalomanana, has proclaimed himself president before tens of thousands of people at a ceremony in the capital Antananarivo.
He told the crowd at the national stadium, who appeared to be in carnival mood, that he would now lead the country and improve their lives.
He claimed the first round was rigged and vowed to take over the role of president.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1835000/1835196.stm   (413 words)

  
 Richard Ratsimandrava -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Richard Ratsimandrava (March 21, 1931 – February 11, 1975) was (Click link for more info and facts about President of Madagascar) President of Madagascar for six days in February 1975.
In 1972 President Gabriel Ramanantsoa established a military government to replace the independence government of Philibert Tsiranana, and Ratsimandrava was appointed (Click link for more info and facts about Minister of the Interior) Minister of the Interior.
In this position, he was able to manipulate the army, which led to the ousting of Ramanantsoa on February 5, 1975.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/richard_ratsimandrava.htm   (177 words)

  
 Madagascar, Bulgaria Set to Invigorate Ties
The President of Madagascar arrived to Bulgaria for the engagement of his son.
President Georgi Parvanov and his Madagascar counterpart President Marc Ravalomanana expressed willingness to boost bilateral relations during their meeting in Sofia on Saturday.
The President of Madagascar arrived to Bulgaria on a private visit for the engagement of his son to a girl from the Black Sea city of Burgas.
www.novinite.com /view_news.php?id=32454   (346 words)

  
 French Communiqué Calls Ravalomanana President Of Madagascar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
France has apparently recognized Madagascar's embattled President Marc Ravalomanana as the legitimate leader of the country.
France is the former colonial ruler of Madagascar.
OAU leaders say Madagascar's seat on pan-African organization will remain empty until new elections are held on the island.
www.madagasikara.de /NEWSJuni-3/020704voa.htm   (195 words)

  
 Madagascar on the Internet
Briefly describes the project by Academy's botanists and entomologists to inventory the fauna and flora of Madagascar where over 80% of the plants and almost 90% of the animals are only found on theisland.
Matera Madagascar news covers the Indian Ocean and is available thru subscription (by e-mail or in print).
Has a directory of Madagascar web sites, news, the economy, sports, culture, TV schedules, etc. Internet service provider whose major shareholder is France Télécom.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/madag.html   (2012 words)

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