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Six days following his taking office, Ratsimandrava was gunned down at 8 p.m. while driving from the presidential palace to his home. His death was announced by the new ruling military committee. It claimed that the
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176:, Ratsimandrava served throughout French Africa before returning to Madagascar when that country gained independence in 1960. He joined the army, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel by 1968. In 1972 President
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