11 Facts About Hery Rajaonarimampianina

Hery Rajaonarimampianina won the vote in a second round, defeating Jean-Louis Robinson, the candidate of Marc Ravalomanana's party.

Once he was elected, Rajaonarimampianina held the world record of the head of state with the longest name as well as family name.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina lived in Sabotsy Namehana, neighborhood of Antananarivo, Madagascar.

In 1991, Hery Rajaonarimampianina went back to Madagascar and worked as an accountant.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina became the studies director of the National Institute for Business Administration and Accounting Science in Antananarivo and teacher assistant at the Antananarivo University and at the Institute of Business Administration of the Metz University.

In 2009, Hery Rajaonarimampianina became Minister of Finance and Budget, at a time marked by the withdrawal of the main international funders of Madagascar since 2008.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina gained support from Andry Rajoelina, the sitting President of the High Transitional Authority, after it was determined that Rajoelina was ineligible to run because he had not submitted his candidacy documents in time.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina has been accused by critics of threatening Madagascar's secular constitution by sponsoring church events and often appearing at churches at rallies.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina has only appeared and sponsored the events of denominations in Madagascar that have a large number of adherents, namely the Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, the Malagasy Lutheran Church, and the Anglican Church, while ignoring other smaller religious denominations such as the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the country's Muslim minority which have fewer followers.

On 8 September 2018 Hery Rajaonarimampianina officially resigned from the presidential office and declared his candidacy for the 2018 election.

On his last official day of his term Hery Rajaonarimampianina named new army generals and appointed new ambassadors to China and Russia.