Marcelle Larguier | |
Office: | First Lady of Madagascar |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | 11 October 1972 |
Term End: | 5 February 1975 |
Predecessor: | Justine Tsiranana |
Successor: | Thérèse Ratsimandrava |
President: | Gabriel Ramanantsoa |
Office2: | Spouse of the Prime Minister of Madagascar |
Term Label2: | In role |
Term Start2: | 11 October 1972 |
Term End2: | 5 February 1975 |
Primeminister2: | Gabriel Ramanantsoa |
Predecessor2: | Position Reestablished |
Successor2: | Position Abolished |
Spouse: | Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1934–1979; his death) |
Nationality: | Malagasy French |
Marcelle Larguier was a Malagasy political figure who served as the second First Lady of Madagascar from 1972 to 1975 during the presidency of her husband, General Gabriel Ramanantsoa.[1]
Larguier held French nationality.[2] She married Ramanantsoa on 26 May 1934, at a Catholic Church in the Faravohitra neighborhood of Antananarivo.[1] The couple had four children - Monique, Christian, Jean-Pierre and Gérard.[1]
Ramanantsoa's presidency was marked by a period of ethnic and political turmoil in Madagascar.[2] In response, Larguier, a French national and Madagascar's second first lady, maintained a low political profile and refrained from taking public stands on controversial issues during her tenure.[2]
Larguier survived her husband, who died on 9 May 1979.[1]