President · Madagascar
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
59 recorded engagements, 2014–2018: 59 visits and 7 signed agreements.
Biography
President of Madagascar from 2014 to 2018
Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana (Malagasy: [heˈrʲ radzawˌnariˈmampʲanː]; French: [əʁi ʁaʒaɔnaʁimãpjanina]; born 6 November 1958) is a Malagasy politician who served as the seventh President of Madagascar from 2014 to 2018, refusing to run for re-election.
Previously he served as Minister of Finance under President Andry Rajoelina, and he was the Rajoelina political movement's candidate in the 2013 presidential election. He won the vote in a second round, defeating Jean-Louis Robinson, the candidate of Marc Ravalomanana's party.
Once he was elected, Rajaonarimampianina held the world record of the head of state with the longest name (44 characters) as well as family name (19 characters).
== Early life ==
Hery Rajaonarimampianina was born to a modest family. He lived in Sabotsy Namehana, neighborhood of Antananarivo, Madagascar. In 1982, Rajaonarimampianina obtained an MBA at the "Etablissement d’Enseignement Supérieur de Droit, d’Economie, de Gestion et de Sciences Sociales (EESDEGS) – Université d’Ankatso Antananarivo. Then, he moved to Canada to complete his training in finance and accounting at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, receiving a postgraduate diploma...
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Where they travelled
Madagascar Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Activity by year
Signed agreements
Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.
| Date | Partner | What was signed |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-10 | Mauritius | Functional cooperation |
| 2016-10-21 | United States of America | High-level politics |
| 2017-03-23 | China | High-level politics |
| 2017-11-18 | Angola | Functional cooperation |
| 2017-11-28 | Ivory Coast | High-level politics |
| 2017-12-03 | Japan | Administrative Agreement |
| 2018-09-04 | China | High-level politics |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-29 – 2014-01-31 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2014-03-13 – 2014-03-18 | Visit | United States of America · Washington | |
| 2014-03-19 – 2014-03-23 | Visit Summit | France · Paris | |
| 2014-04-02 – 2014-04-03 | Visit Summit | Belgium · Brussels | |
| 2014-05-23 – 2014-05-24 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2014-06-08 – 2014-06-11 | Visit | Israel · Jerusalem | |
| 2014-06-28 – 2014-06-29 | Visit | Vatican · Vatican City | |
| 2014-06-30 – 2014-07-02 | Visit | France · Paris | |
| 2014-08-02 – 2014-08-06 | Visit Summit | United States of America · Washington | |
| 2014-08-17 – 2014-08-18 | Visit Summit | Zimbabwe · Harare | |
| 2014-08-23 | Visit Summit | Comoros · Moroni | |
| 2014-09-17 – 2014-09-21 | Visit | France · Paris | |
| 2014-09-22 – 2014-09-25 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2014-11-12 – 2014-11-19 | Visit Summit | Australia · Canberra | |
| 2014-11-28 – 2014-11-30 | Visit Summit | Senegal · Dakar | |
| 2015-01-30 – 2015-02-02 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2015-03-30 – 2015-04-01 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2015-04-22 – 2015-04-23 | Visit Summit | Indonesia · Jakarta | |
| 2015-07-04 – 2015-07-05 | Visit | Zimbabwe · Harare | |
| 2015-08-12 – 2015-08-13 | Visit Summit | Italy · Rome | |
| 2015-08-14 – 2015-08-18 | Visit Summit | Botswana · Gaborone | |
| 2015-09-28 – 2015-09-30 | Visit | France · Paris | |
| 2015-10-01 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2015-10-05 – 2015-10-06 | Visit Summit | Peru · Lima | |
| 2015-10-27 – 2015-10-29 | Visit Summit | France · Paris | |
| 2015-10-30 – 2015-11-01 | Visit Summit | India · New Delhi | |
| 2015-11-30 | Visit Summit | France · Paris | |
| 2015-12-04 – 2015-12-06 | Visit Summit | South Africa · Johannesburg | |
| 2016-01-28 – 2016-01-31 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2016-03-10 – 2016-03-13 | Visit | Mauritius · Port Louis | Agreement signedFunctional cooperation |
| 2016-05-17 – 2016-05-19 | Visit | Singapore · Singapore | |
| 2016-05-23 – 2016-05-25 | Visit Summit | Turkey · Ankara | |
| 2016-07-10 – 2016-07-19 | Visit Summit | Rwanda · Kigali | |
| 2016-08-27 – 2016-08-28 | Visit Summit | Kenya · Nairobi | |
| 2016-09-22 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2016-10-14 – 2016-10-16 | Visit Summit | Togo · Lomé | |
| 2016-10-21 – 2016-10-30 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | Agreement signedHigh-level politics |
| 2016-11-14 – 2016-11-15 | Visit Summit | Morocco · Marrakech | |
| 2016-12-01 – 2016-12-02 | Visit | France · Paris | |
| 2017-01-29 – 2017-01-31 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa |
Show all 59 engagements
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-18 – 2017-03-19 | Visit Summit | eSwatini · Mbabane | |
| 2017-03-20 – 2017-03-22 | Visit Summit | Mauritius · Port Louis | |
| 2017-03-23 – 2017-03-28 | Visit Summit | China · Beijing | Agreement signedHigh-level politics |
| 2017-05-31 – 2017-06-01 | Visit | Germany · Berlin | |
| 2017-06-07 – 2017-06-08 | Visit | Zambia · Lusaka | |
| 2017-06-14 – 2017-06-15 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2017-06-27 – 2017-06-28 | Visit | France · Paris | |
| 2017-07-02 – 2017-07-04 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2017-07-21 – 2017-07-22 | Visit | Ivory Coast · Abidjan | |
| 2017-09-11 | Visit | United Kingdom · London | |
| 2017-09-19 – 2017-09-22 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2017-10-16 – 2017-10-18 | Visit Summit | Italy · Rome | |
| 2017-11-18 – 2017-11-19 | Visit | Angola · Luanda | Agreement signedFunctional cooperation |
| 2017-11-28 – 2017-11-30 | Visit Summit | Ivory Coast · Abidjan | Agreement signedHigh-level politics |
| 2017-12-03 – 2017-12-06 | Visit | Japan · Tokyo | Agreement signedAdministrative Agreement |
| 2017-12-12 | Visit Summit | France · Paris | |
| 2018-01-28 – 2018-01-29 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2018-07-17 – 2018-07-19 | Visit Summit | Mauritania · Nouakchott | |
| 2018-09-04 – 2018-09-06 | Visit Summit | China · Beijing | Agreement signedHigh-level politics |
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.22898778 [Hery Rajaonarimampianina leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/hery-rajaonarimampianina.html]