Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Hery Rajaonarimampianina - Dylan

Hery Rajaonarimampianina is the current president of Madagascar, having assumed office on January 25, 2014. His full name, Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, earns him the title of the global leader with the longest name (44 characters) and longest last name (19 characters). According to relatively useless Guardian study, the average name length for heads of state is 14.4 characters. 

Name aside, Rajaonarimampianina grew up in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar (where we'll be flying in). He studied in Canada before returning to Madagascar as an accountant. His presidential election was seen as a major step forward to Malagasy democracy after the 2009 coup. In May 2015, parliamentary supporters of Rajoelina and Ravalomanana, the two men barred from running in presidential elections, attempted to impeach Rajaonarimampianina.



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