Mamitiana Rajaonarison

Mamitiana Rajaonarison is a Malagasy military officer and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Madagascar since 2026. Rajaonarison has served as the head of SAMIFIN, Madagascar's financial intelligence unit, since 2021 and was appointed Prime Minister on 15 March 2026. After leading the Independent Anti-Corruption Bureau in Toliara Province, he took charge of SAMIFIN in 2021, a position to which he was reappointed in 2025.

Biography

Education Mamitiana Rajaonarison began his military training at the Antsirabe Military Academy, where he obtained his officer's diploma between 1995 and 1998. He then continued at the École supérieure de gendarmerie in Moramanga, obtaining the diploma from the officer application course from 1998 to 1999.

He pursued an international path by training at the Military Academy of the National Gendarmerie in Melun, France, as part of the International Senior Gendarmerie Course, from which he graduated in 2003.

Professional career Upon graduating from the application school, he was appointed squadron commander of student gendarmes at the National Gendarmerie School in Moramanga from 2003 to 2004. Previously, he had gained initial experience in France as head of the criminal investigation section at the French National Gendarmerie from 2000 to 2002.

Political career On 15 March 2026, he was appointed Prime Minister by president Michael Randrianirina.

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