
- Lucas Rahajaniaina, 2min reading
A figure of Madagascar’s contemporary history, Céline Ratsiraka has passed away at the age of 87 in Antananarivo. On August 22, the former First Lady of Madagascar, born Céline Marthe Velonjara, wife of former President Didier Ratsiraka, died Friday morning at the Soavinandriana Military Hospital, according to her relatives.