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President · Madagascar

Marc Ravalomanana

87 recorded engagements, 2002–2009: 87 visits and 9 signed agreements.

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87Engagements
87Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
9Signed agreements
35Destination countries
45Multilateral summits
2002–2009Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009

Marc Ravalomanana (Malagasy: [raˌvaluˈmananə̥]; born 12 December 1949) is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth president of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009.

Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO, later launching successful wholesaler MAGRO and several additional companies.

He entered politics in 1999 by founding the Tiako Iarivo party and successfully ran for the position of mayor of Antananarivo, serving from 1999 to 2001. During his tenure, he improved sanitary and security conditions in the city. In August 2001, he announced his candidacy as an independent in the upcoming presidential election. He then took office as president in 2002 amidst a dispute over election results in which he successfully pressed his claim to have won a majority in the first round. Under the leadership of Jacques Sylla, Ravalomanana's prime minister from 2002 to 2007, the political party Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) was founded in 2002 to support Ravalomanana's presidency and came to dominate legislative and local elections. Ravalomanana was re-elected...

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Where they travelled

Madagascar   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America13
  • France10
  • South Africa8
  • Mauritius6
  • China5
  • Germany4
  • Switzerland3
  • Zambia3
  • Japan3
  • Senegal2
  • Mozambique2
  • Mali2

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations87
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs45
  • Trade and Economic Relations24
  • Development and Aid3

Activity by year

2002: 7 engagements2003: 20 engagements2004: 16 engagements2005: 17 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 7 engagements2008: 11 engagements2009: 1 engagement200220052009

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2003-07-24FranceFunctional cooperation
2003-07-30MaliMadagascar-Mali Cooperation Agreement (August 2003)
2004-03-22NorwayFunctional cooperation
2004-05-12ChinaFunctional cooperation
2005-04-05MoroccoFunctional cooperation
2005-04-14FranceFunctional cooperation
2005-04-16United States of AmericaEconomics
2005-11-08MauritiusFunctional cooperation
2008-10-06TanzaniaFunctional cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2002-06-08 – 2002-06-11Visit SummitSenegal · Dakar
2002-09-02 – 2002-09-04Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2002-09-13Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2002-10-17VisitKenya · Nairobi
2002-10-17 – 2002-10-20Visit SummitLebanon · Beirut
2002-10-29 – 2002-10-30Visit SummitSouth Africa · Durban
2002-12-20 – 2002-12-21VisitMauritius · Port Louis
2003-01-28 – 2003-01-30VisitSwitzerland · Bern
2003-01-29 – 2003-01-31VisitGermany · Berlin
2003-02-19 – 2003-02-20Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2003-02-24 – 2003-02-25Visit SummitMalaysia · Kuala Lumpur
2003-04-26 – 2003-04-30VisitFrance · Paris
2003-05-27 – 2003-05-30VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2003-06-11 – 2003-06-13Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2003-06-17 – 2003-06-18VisitVatican · Vatican City
2003-06-19 – 2003-06-20VisitGermany · Berlin
2003-06-27 – 2003-06-29Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2003-07-11 – 2003-07-12Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
2003-07-24 – 2003-07-25VisitFrance · ParisAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2003-07-28 – 2003-07-30VisitSenegal · Dakar
2003-07-30 – 2003-08-02VisitMali · BamakoAgreement signedMadagascar-Mali Cooperation Agreement (August 2003)
2003-08-01 – 2003-08-03VisitZambia · Lusaka
2003-09-08 – 2003-09-17Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2003-09-25Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2003-09-28 – 2003-10-04Visit SummitJapan · Tokyo
2003-11-29 – 2003-12-06Visit SummitAustria · Vienna
2003-12-07 – 2003-12-11Visit SummitSwitzerland · Geneva
2004-02-24 – 2004-02-25VisitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2004-02-26 – 2004-02-28Visit SummitLibya · Sirte
2004-03-19VisitFrance · Paris
2004-03-20 – 2004-03-21VisitBulgaria · Sofia
2004-03-22 – 2004-03-24VisitNorway · OsloAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2004-04-26VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2004-05-12 – 2004-05-18VisitChina · BeijingAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2004-06-07 – 2004-06-08Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2004-06-23 – 2004-06-28Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
2004-07-06 – 2004-07-07Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2004-07-19VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2004-07-20 – 2004-07-21VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2004-08-15VisitFrance · Paris
Show all 87 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2004-08-16 – 2004-08-17Visit SummitMauritius · Port Louis
2004-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2004-11-25 – 2004-11-27Visit SummitBurkina Faso · Ouagadougou
2005-01-14Visit SummitMauritius · Port Louis
2005-01-23 – 2005-01-25Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2005-01-30 – 2005-02-01Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2005-02-02 – 2005-02-05VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2005-04-05 – 2005-04-08VisitMorocco · RabatAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2005-04-14 – 2005-04-15VisitFrance · ParisAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2005-04-16 – 2005-04-19VisitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedEconomics
2005-04-21 – 2005-04-25Visit SummitIndonesia · Jakarta
2005-05-28 – 2005-06-01VisitJapan · Tokyo
2005-06-23VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2005-08-04 – 2005-08-06Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2005-08-16 – 2005-08-20Visit SummitBotswana · Gaborone
2005-09-14 – 2005-09-19Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2005-11-08 – 2005-11-09VisitMauritius · Port LouisAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2005-12-03 – 2005-12-04Visit SummitMali · Bamako
2005-12-05VisitMaldives · Malé
2005-12-06 – 2005-12-09VisitSingapore · Singapore
2006-04-19 – 2006-04-21VisitChina · Beijing
2006-05-16 – 2006-05-17VisitFrance · Paris
2006-08-17 – 2006-08-18Visit SummitLesotho · Maseru
2006-09-15 – 2006-09-16Visit SummitCuba · Havana
2006-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2006-09-28 – 2006-09-29Visit SummitRomania · Bucharest
2006-11-03Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2006-11-16 – 2006-11-17VisitBelgium · Brussels
2007-02-10 – 2007-02-16Visit SummitFrance · Cannes
2007-03-11 – 2007-03-13VisitMauritius · Port Louis
2007-04-17 – 2007-04-23VisitGermany · Berlin
2007-05-15 – 2007-05-18Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2007-08-16 – 2007-08-17Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
2007-09-26Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2007-11-04Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2008-04-12 – 2008-04-13VisitFrance · Paris
2008-04-18 – 2008-04-19Visit SummitMauritius · Port Louis
2008-05-09 – 2008-05-13VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2008-05-27 – 2008-05-29Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2008-06-03 – 2008-06-05Visit SummitItaly · Rome
2008-07-30VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2008-08-07 – 2008-08-09VisitChina · Beijing
2008-08-16 – 2008-08-17Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2008-09-01 – 2008-09-02VisitZambia · Lusaka
2008-09-23Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2008-10-06 – 2008-10-07VisitTanzania · Dar es SalaamAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2009-01-24 – 2009-01-25VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria

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 [Marc Ravalomanana leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/marc-ravalomanana.html]