1949 - Today
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 upon founding the Tiako Iarivo political party in 1999 and successfully ran for the position of mayor of Antananarivo, holding the position from 1999 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Ravalomanana has received more than 312,307 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Marc Ravalomanana is the 6,699th most popular politician (down from 6,640th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Madagascar (up from 11th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Malagasy Politician.
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Among politicians, Marc Ravalomanana ranks 6,699 out of 15,577. Before him are Princess Hilda of Nassau, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Eleanor of Castile, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, Titus Flavius Clemens, and Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne. After him are Emperor An of Jin, Lucius Licinius Crassus, Lusius Quietus, Robert Surcouf, Veleda, and Nabih Berri.
1864 - 1952
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,693
1545 - 1622
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,694
1191 - 1244
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,695
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,696
50 - 95
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,697
1130 - 1153
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,698
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,699
382 - 419
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,700
140 BC - 91 BC
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,701
100 - 118
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,702
1773 - 1827
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,703
50 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,704
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,705
Among people born in 1949, Marc Ravalomanana ranks 128. Before him are Quini, Geezer Butler, Tom Pryce, John Toshack, Brad Davis, and Fernando Collor de Mello. After him are Bengt Holmström, Patrick Tambay, Klaus Fischer, Valeriy Borzov, Michael W. Young, and Paul Rodgers.
1949 - 2018
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 122
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 123
1949 - 1977
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 124
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 125
1949 - 1991
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 127
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 128
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 129
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 130
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 131
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 132
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 133
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 134
Among people born in Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana ranks 10 out of 32. Before him are Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), and Philibert Tsiranana (1912). After him are Rasoherina (1814), Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906), Albert Zafy (1927), Rainilaiarivony (1828), Hery Rajaonarimampianina (1958), and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901).
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 5
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 6
1829 - 1883
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 7
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 8
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 10
1814 - 1868
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 11
1906 - 1978
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 12
1927 - 2017
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 13
1828 - 1896
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 14
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 15
1901 - 1937
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana ranks 9. Before him are Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), and Philibert Tsiranana (1912). After him are Rasoherina (1814), Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906), Albert Zafy (1927), Rainilaiarivony (1828), Hery Rajaonarimampianina (1958), and Richard Ratsimandrava (1931).
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 4
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5
1829 - 1883
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 6
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 7
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 9
1814 - 1868
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 10
1906 - 1978
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 11
1927 - 2017
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1828 - 1896
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 13
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 14
1931 - 1975
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 15