LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Madagascar

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

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64Engagements
63Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
5Signed agreements
19Destination countries
17Officials recorded
52Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Madagascar's leaders recorded 64 engagements: 63 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2003, with 7 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (36 engagements), followed by France and China. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 100% of engagements. 5 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 52 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Marc Ravalomanana (President), with 17 engagements between 2002 and 2008.

Activity by year

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

1990: 1 engagement1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 0 engagements1994: 1 engagement1995: 2 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 1 engagement1998: 1 engagement1999: 2 engagements2000: 2 engagements2001: 1 engagement2002: 1 engagement2003: 7 engagements2004: 1 engagement2005: 4 engagements2006: 2 engagements2007: 1 engagement2008: 1 engagement2009: 1 engagement2010: 0 engagements2011: 0 engagements2012: 0 engagements2013: 1 engagement2014: 2 engagements2015: 2 engagements2016: 2 engagements2017: 2 engagements2018: 1 engagement2019: 3 engagements2020: 1 engagement2021: 2 engagements2022: 6 engagements2023: 1 engagement2024: 7 engagements2025: 2 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America36
  • France6
  • China4
  • Japan2
  • Russia2
  • Switzerland1
  • Malaysia1
  • Senegal1
  • Mali1
  • Botswana1
  • Singapore1
  • Mozambique1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations64
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs39
  • Trade and Economic Relations21
  • 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.22255254 [Madagascar country profile. Accessed 2 September 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 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Madagascar's own officials.