Béatrice Atallah Explained

Birth Name:Béatrice Jeanine Atallah
Birth Date:1959 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Anosy, Madagascar
Nationality:Malagasy
Occupation:Politician

Béatrice Jeanine Atallah (born 17 August 1959) is a Malagasy politician from Lebanese origins who has served as Madagascar's Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2015 until August 2017.

Early life and education

Atallah was born in 1959 in Anosy. Her father was a senior official in the colonial administration and she therefore has dual Malagasy and French citizenship.[1] She has master's degree in private law (1988) and a certificate in Diplomatic Studies from the Centre for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies (2009).[2]

Career

Atallah was a magistrate, spending three years on the Antananarivo Court of Appeal,[3] and claims to be apolitical.[4]

Atallah was a member of the National Electoral Council from 2002 until 2009,[3] and an advisor to then-Minister of Finance Hery Rajaonarimampianina from 2009 to 2013, before being appointed to chair the Commission for Elections from December 2013 until January 2015, managing the 2013 election which was won by Rajaonarimampianina.[5] There were some allegations of "illicit" disbursements of commission funds raised against her, which she denied.[6]

Atallah was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 January 2015 in the government of Jean Ravelonarivo. She was reappointed in April 2016 by Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana.[7] [8] She is the chair of the Indian Ocean Commission.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministre Atallah Béatrice Une ascendance paternelle libanaise. La Verite. 22 November 2016. 9 April 2017. Manou. Razafy. 9 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190709023016/http://www.laverite.mg/politique/item/2914-ministre-atallah-b%C3%A9atrice-une-ascendance-paternelle-libanaise.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Speaker Bios. Our Ocean. 2016. 9 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Madagascar MAE. Razafitrimo Lala Arisoa cède la place à Béatrice Atallah. French. 2 February 2015. 9 April 2017. Madagate. Jeannot. Ramambazafy.
  4. Web site: Béatrice Atallah " Ma politique est pour le développement de… chez nous ". L'Observateur. 9 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170409205217/https://lobservateur-mada.mg/beatrice-atallah-ma-politique-est-pour-le-developpement-de-chez-nous/. 9 April 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: La Redaction. lexpress.mu. Madagascar : Béatrice Atallah à la présidence de la Commission électorale indépendante. 25 March 2012. 9 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Béatrice Atallah: Menacée de destitution !. French. La Gazette de la Grande Ile. 9 April 2017. 9 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201116/http://www.lagazette-dgi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50937:beatrice-atallah-menacee-de-destitution&catid=57&Itemid=115. dead.
  7. Web site: Madagascar – Béatrice Atallah : " Nous essayons de construire une relation dépassionnée avec la France ". French. 24 November 2016. 9 April 2017. Jeune Afrique. François-Xavier. Freland.
  8. Web site: Wang Yi Holds Talks with Foreign Minister Beatrice Attalah of Madagascar. 8 January 2017. 9 April 2017. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
  9. Web site: Béatrice Atallah, ministre malgache des Affaires étrangères. French. Boniface. Vignon. 12 April 2015. 9 April 2017. Les Voix du Monde.

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