LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Madagascar

301 recorded engagements by Madagascar's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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301Engagements
300Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
33Signed agreements
65Destination countries
18Officials recorded
167Multilateral summits

LEAD records 33 signed agreements for Madagascar; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Madagascar's leaders recorded 301 engagements: 300 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2003, with 20 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (49 engagements), followed by France and South Africa. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 33 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 167 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Andry Rajoelina (President), with 108 engagements between 2009 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Madagascar, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 3 engagements1992: 2 engagements1993: 0 engagements1994: 3 engagements1995: 3 engagements1996: 2 engagements1997: 2 engagements1998: 4 engagements1999: 3 engagements2000: 6 engagements2001: 6 engagements2002: 8 engagements2003: 20 engagements2004: 16 engagements2005: 17 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 7 engagements2008: 11 engagements2009: 10 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 11 engagements2012: 11 engagements2013: 8 engagements2014: 15 engagements2015: 13 engagements2016: 11 engagements2017: 17 engagements2018: 4 engagements2019: 12 engagements2020: 3 engagements2021: 6 engagements2022: 12 engagements2023: 11 engagements2024: 20 engagements2025: 12 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America49
  • France45
  • South Africa15
  • Ethiopia15
  • Mauritius14
  • China10
  • Tanzania9
  • United Arab Emirates8
  • Senegal7
  • Mozambique7
  • Zambia7
  • Switzerland6

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations301
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs154
  • Trade and Economic Relations79
  • Development and Aid13
  • Environment and Climate Change4
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation1
  • Maritime and Territorial Issues1
  • Security and Defense1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Madagascar country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/madagascar.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Madagascar's own officials.