Prime Minister of Madagascar

This is a list of prime ministers of Madagascar, since the creation of the office of Chief Minister in 1828, during the Merina Kingdom.

## List

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|Monarch(s)|
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|colspan="8"|**Merina Kingdom**|||||||||||
||Andriamihaja|1828|1833|years|Independent|Ranavalona I||||||
||Rainiharo|1833|1852|years|Independent|Ranavalona I||||||
||Rainivoninahitriniony|1852|1864||Independent|Ranavalona I Radama II Rasoherina||||||
||Rainilaiarivony|1864|1895||Independent|Rasoherina Ranavalona II Ranavalona III||||||
||Rainitsimbazafy|1895|1896|years|Independent|Ranavalona III||||||
||Rasanjy|1896|1897|5 months|Independent|Ranavalona III||||||
|colspan="8"|**French Madagascar (within the French colonial empire and the French Union)**|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (February 1897 – 27 May 1957)_|||||||||||
||Philibert Tsiranana|1957|_ 1958_||PSD|Soudacaux||||||
|colspan="8"|**Malagasy Republic **|||||||||||
||Philibert Tsiranana|_ 1958_|1 May 1959||PSD|Soudacaux||||||
|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (1 May 1959 – 26 June 1960)_|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|**Malagasy Republic **|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (26 June 1960 – 18 May 1972)_|||||||||||
||Gabriel Ramanantsoa|1972|1975||Military|_Himself_||||||
|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (5 February 1975 – 30 December 1975)_|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|**Democratic Republic of Madagascar**|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|_Post abolished (30 December 1975 – 11 January 1976)_|||||||||||
||Joël Rakotomalala|1976|1976||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
||Justin Rakotoniaina|1976|1977||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
||Désiré Rakotoarijaona|1977|1988||Military|Ratsiraka||||||
||Victor Ramahatra|1988|1991||Military|Ratsiraka||||||
||Guy Razanamasy|1991|_ 1991_||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
|colspan="8"|**Third Republic of Madagascar**|||||||||||
||Guy Razanamasy|_ 1991_|1993||AREMA|Ratsiraka Zafy||||||
||Francisque Ravony|1993|1995||CSDDM|Zafy||||||
||Emmanuel Rakotovahiny|1995|1996||UNDD|Zafy||||||
||Norbert Ratsirahonana|1996|1997||AVI|Zafy _Himself_ Ratsiraka||||||
||Pascal Rakotomavo|1997|1998||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
||Tantely Andrianarivo|1998|2002||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
||Jacques Sylla|2002|2007||Independent|Ravalomanana||||||
||**Jean-Jacques Rasolondraibe**|2002|2002||AREMA|Ratsiraka||||||
||Charles Rabemananjara|2007|2009||TIM|Ravalomanana||||||
|colspan="8"|**High Transitional Authority**|||||||||||
||Monja Roindefo|2009|2009||Monima|Rajoelina||||||
||Eugène Mangalaza|2009|2009||Independent|Rajoleina||||||
||Cécile Manorohanta|2009|2009||TGV|Rajoelina||||||
||Albert Camille Vital|2009|2011||Military|Rajoelina||||||
||Omer Beriziky|2011|2014||LEADER-Fanilo|Rajoelina Rajaonarimampianina||||||
|colspan="8"|**Fourth Republic of Madagascar**|||||||||||
||Roger Kolo|2014|2015||Independent|Rajaonarimampianina||||||
||Jean Ravelonarivo|2015|2016||Independent|Rajaonarimampianina||||||
||Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana|2016|2018||Independent|Rajaonarimampianina||||||
||Christian Ntsay|2018|2025||Independent|Rajaonarimampianina Rakotovao Rajoelina||||||
||Ruphin Zafisambo|2025|2025||Military|Rajoelina Randrianirina (interim)||||||
||Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo|2025|Incumbent||Independent|Randrianirina||||||

## Other websites

- World Statesmen – Madagascar

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the
Republic of Madagascar
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Madagascar.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Madagascar
- **incumbent**: Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo
- **incumbentsince**: 20 October 2025
- **style**: Excellency, His Excellency (diplomatic)
Prime Minister
- **appointer**: Michael Randrianirina,

- **formation**: 1828

18 May 1972

- **inaugural**: Andriamihaja

Gabriel Ramanantsoa