Albert Camille Vital

Who is Albert Camille Vital?

Brigadier General Albert Camille Vital is a Malagasy Army officer, politician and civil engineer. He was Prime Minister of Madagascar from 2009 to 2011, and he has been Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva since 2012.

Trained in the USSR, Vital was Chief of the Technical Office of the State Forces Staff Development, and then appointed corps commander of the first regiment of the Military Region No. 5 Toliara before training at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in Paris in 2001-2002.

On 20 December 2009, Vital was named Prime Minister by the President Andry Rajoelina, succeeding Eugène Mangalaza. He was succeeded by Omer Beriziky on 28 October 2011.

After serving as Prime Minister, Vital was appointed as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva; he presented his credentials as Permanent Representative in August 2012.