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A large island off the southeastern coast of Africa. The indigenous people are more closely related to the Melanesians of the western Pacific than they are to the people of continental Africa.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radama I the Great | 1810 | 1828 | Merina | Madagascar | |
Ranavalona I | 1828 | 1861 | Female | Merina | Madagascar |
Radama II | 1861 | 1863 | Merina | Madagascar | |
Rasoaherina | 1863 | 1868 | Female | Merina | Madagascar |
Ranavalona II | 1868 | 1883 | Female | Merina | Madagascar |
Ranavalona III | 1883 | 1897 | Female | Merina | Madagascar |
To France | 1897 | 1960 | Madagascar | ||
Charles Le Myre de Vilers | 1886 | 1888 | Plenipotentiary | Madagascar | |
Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy | 1888 | 1889 | Resident-General | Madagascar | |
Maurice Bompard | 1889 | 1891 | Resident-General | Madagascar | |
Jean Aurélien Lacoste | 1891 | 1892 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy | r. 1892 | 1894 | Resident-General | Madagascar | |
Albert d'Anthouard de Waservas | 1894 | 1894 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Charles Le Myre de Vilers | r. 1894 | 1895 | Plenipotentiary | Madagascar | |
Achille Ranchot | 1894 | 1895 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Robert Édouard Alphonse Chaloin | 1895 | 1895 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Hippolyte Laroche | 1895 | 1896 | Resident-General | Madagascar | |
Joseph Gallieni | 1896 | 1905 | Resident-General; Military Governor from 1896-1897; Governor-General | Madagascar | |
Charles Louis Lépreux | 1905 | 1906 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Victor Augagneur | 1906 | 1909 | Madagascar | ||
Hubert Auguste Garbit | 1909 | 1910 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Henri François Charles Cor | 1910 | 1910 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Albert Jean George Marie Louis Picquié | 1910 | 1914 | Madagascar | ||
Hubert Auguste Garbit | r. 1914 | 1917 | Acting from 08/1914-10/1914 | Madagascar | |
Martial Henri Merlin | 1917 | 1918 | Madagascar | ||
Abraham Schrameck | 1918 | 1919 | Madagascar | ||
Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon | 1919 | 1920 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Hubert Auguste Garbit | rr. 1920 | 1923 | Madagascar | ||
Auguste Charles Désiré Emmanuel Brunet | 1923 | 1924 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Marcel Achille Olivier | 1924 | 1929 | Madagascar | ||
Hugues Jean Berthier | 1929 | 1930 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Léon Henri Charles Cayla | 1930 | 1939 | Madagascar | ||
Léon Maurice Valentin Réallon | 1939 | 1939 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Jules Marcel de Coppet | 1939 | 1940 | Madagascar | ||
Léon Henri Charles Cayla | r. 1940 | 1941 | Madagascar | ||
Armand Léon Annet | 1941 | 1942 | Madagascar | ||
Robert Sturges | 1942 | 1942 | British Occupation | Madagascar | |
Gerald Smallwood | 1942 | 1945 | British Occupation | Madagascar | |
Anthony Sillery | 1942 | 1943 | British Occupation | Madagascar | |
Victor Marius Bech | 1942 | 1943 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Paul Louis Victor Marie Legentilhomme | 1943 | 1943 | Madagascar | ||
Pierre de Saint-Mart | 1943 | 1946 | Madagascar | ||
Robert Boudry | 1946 | 1946 | Acting | Madagascar | |
Jules Marcel de Coppet | r. 1946 | 1947 | Madagascar | ||
Pierre Gabriel de Chevigné | 1948 | 1950 | Madagascar | ||
Robert Isaac Bargues | 1950 | 1954 | Madagascar | ||
Jean Louis Marie André Soucadaux | 1954 | 1959 | Madagascar | ||
To Republic of Malagasy | 1960 | 1975 | Madagascar | ||
Philibert Tsiranana | 1959 | 1972 | First President | Madagascar | |
Gabriel Ramanantsoa | 1972 | 1975 | Military Junta. | Madagascar | |
Richard Ratsimandrava | 1975 | 1975 | 6 days; assassinated; Military Junta. | Madagascar | |
Gilles Andriamahazo | 1975 | 1975 | Military Junta. | Madagascar | |
Didier Ratsiraka | 1975 | 1993 | Military Junta. | Madagascar | |
To Democratic Republic of Madagascar | 1975 | 1992 | Madagascar | ||
To Third Republic of Madagascar | 1992 | 2009 | Madagascar | ||
Albert Zafy | 1993 | 1996 | Madagascar | ||
Norbert Ratsirahonana | 1996 | 1997 | Madagascar | ||
Didier Ratsiraka | r. 1997 | 2002 | Madagascar | ||
Marc Ravalomanana | 2002 | 2009 | Madagascar | ||
Hyppolite Ramaroson | 2009 | 2009 | Several hours; Military. | Madagascar | |
Andry Rajoelina | 2009 | 2014 | High Transitional Authority. | Madagascar | |
To Fourth Republic of Madagascar | 2014 | Present | Madagascar | ||
Hery Rajaonarimampianina | 2014 | 2018 | Madagascar | ||
Rivo Rakotovao | 2018 | 2019 | Madagascar | ||
Andry Rajoelina | r. 2019 | Present | Madagascar |
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