Yvan Randriasandratriniony

Who is Yvan Randriasandratriniony?

Yvan Randriasandratriniony is a Malagasy politician who has been President of Tiako i Madagasikara, the ruling party, since October 2007. He was Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing from March 2002 to January 2004, Minister near the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Regional Planning from January 2007 to April 2008, and President of the Senate of Madagascar from May 2008 to March 2009; he also served for a time as Ambassador to South Africa.

Following the December 2001 presidential election, which opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana claimed to have won, Ravalomanana declared himself President, and on 1 March 2002 he named a government, which included Randriasandratriniony as Minister of Agriculture, Breeding and Fishing. Randriasandratriniony remained in that position until he was replaced in the government named on 5 January 2004. On 30 June 2004, he became Madagascar's Ambassador to South Africa.

Randriasandratriniony was appointed Minister near the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Regional Planning in the government named on 25 January 2007. He ranked second in the government, after Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara.

In the September 2007 parliamentary election, Randriasandratriniony stood as the TIM candidate in the Fianarantsoa I constituency, which is considered an opposition stronghold. According to provisional results, he won with 37.7% of the vote; despite his victory, this was considered a relatively low score.