text: Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga (28 December 1907 – 16 September 2001) was a Malagasy physician, biochemist and diplomat. Born into a disgraced royal family; Ratsimamanga trained as a doctor of exotic medicine in French Madagascar and France, where he pioneered modern nutraceuticals. Ratsimamanga returned to Madagascar and, with his wife, Suzanne Urverg-Ratsimamanga, in 1957, established the  which specialised in herbal medicine.
  While in France, Ratsimamanga was involved in Madagascars independence efforts, and after independence, he became the Malagasy Republics first ambassador to France and helped shape its foreign affairs. Ratsimamanga is considered one of Madagascars most renowned scholars and bestowed upon him the highest orders of merits nationally and internationally. He was also one of the founders of The World Academy of Sciences (1983) and the African Academy of Sciences (1985), and was selected Madagascars Man of the Century.