What is Philibert Tsiranana?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Philibert Tsiranana | nationality = Malagasy | image = Philibert Tsiranana 1962.jpg | order = 1st [[President of Madagascar]] | term_start = 1 May 1959 | term_end = 11 October 1972 | predecessor = ''None (position first established)'' | successor = [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Ambarikorano]], [[Madagascar]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1978|4|16|1912|10|18|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]] | spouse = [[Justine Tsiranana]] (m. 1933–1978; ''his death'') | party = [[Social Democratic Party of Madagascar and the Comoros|Social Democratic Party]] | vicepresident = [[Philibert Raondry]], [[Calvin Tsiebo]], [[Andre Resampa]], [[Calvin Tsiebo]], [[Jacques Rabemananjara]], [[Victor Miadana]], [[Alfred Ramangasoavina]], [[Eugène Lechat]] | profession = Professor of French and Mathematics | order2 = [[Prime Minister of Madagascar]]| term_start2=14 October 1958 | term_end2 = 1 May 1959 | predecessor2 = ''None (position first established)'' | successor2 = ''None (position abolished)'' }} '''Philibert Tsiranana''' (18 October 1912&nbsp;– 16 April 1978) was a [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] politician and leader. He served as the first [[President of Madagascar]] from 1959 to 1972.<ref>{{cite book | first = André | last = Saura | language = French | title = Philibert Tsiranana, Premier président de la République de Madagascar: Le crépuscule du pouvoir | volume = II | publisher = Harmattan | location = [[Paris]] | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-2-296-01331-5 | oclc = 71887916 | ref = {{sfnRef|Saura 2006 v. II}} }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsiranana, Philibert}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1978 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Madagascar]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Madagascar]]