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International Organization of the Francophonie, The Non Aligned Movement, the Group of the 77, and the Least Developed Countries. She was actively involved in the activities of regional organizations such as IOR-ARC, COMESA, and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) which she presided over in 2000-2001.
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Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana began her professional career in 1986 as Teacher and Researcher at the Higher Teacher Training School of the Antananarivo University, Madagascar. In 1992, she was appointed Senior Teacher in charge of the training of educationalists in Natural Sciences with the École
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Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana holds a M.Sc. degree in Administrative Science, Diplomacy and International Relations from Farleigh Dickinson University, NJ, USA (2010). She also holds a degree in Mining Engineering with specialization in Geophysics and a master's degree of Sciences in Geology from
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Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana undertook a number of official visits in more than fifty countries and initiated international meetings and events in Madagascar. During her official visit in China in May 1999, she launched the idea of a Platform of exchange between China and Africa, which became
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Engaged in the national political life, Lila
Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana has been the Deputy President of the Party AKFM-FANAVAOZANA and President of the affiliated Women association «FEMMES POUR LE RENOUVEAU ». She was also member of the Association of Malagasy female Ministers and
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Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana is involved in the activities of a number of Organizations, including the NGO «TANY VAO – TERRE NOUVELLE- NEW LAND», as the founding President, the Association “ACCUEIL MADAGASCAR”. She is also member of the Board of the Association “WOMEN, SCIENCES,
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Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana is the sixth child of Henri Ratsifandrihamanana (1921-1982), a Pediatric Doctor and a fervent political militant of the fight against colonialism, and
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