| Pascal Rakotomavo | |
| Order: | 17th |
| Office: | Prime Minister of Madagascar |
| Term Start: | 21 February 1997 |
| Term End: | 23 July 1998 |
| President: | Didier Ratsiraka |
| Predecessor: | Norbert Ratsirahonana |
| Successor: | Tantely Andrianarivo |
| Birth Name: | Pascal Joseph Rakotomavo |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Antananarivo, French Madagascar |
| Death Place: | Réunion, France |
| Party: | AREMA |
Pascal Joseph Rakotomavo (1 April 1934[1] – 14 December 2010)[2] was a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 21 February 1997[3] to 23 July 1998.[4]
Born in Antananarivo, Rakotomavo was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1982 to 1989,[5] and Special Adviser to President Didier Ratsiraka from 1989 to 1993.[1] His appointment as Prime Minister in February 1997, following Ratsiraka's return to the presidency, was considered surprising.[3] Rakotomavo served as Governor of Antananarivo Province from June 2001 to 2002. He was also Ratsiraka's campaign director in the December 2001 presidential election,[6] [7] but in the political crisis that followed between Ratsiraka and opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana, as governor he adopted what has been described as a neutral position.[8] On 28 February 2002, Ratsiraka appointed General Léon-Claude Raveloarison as military governor of Antananarivo Province under martial law. Rakotomavo was the only one of the six provincial governors to not sign a declaration that Toamasina, Ratsiraka's stronghold during the 2002 political crisis, was the nation's provisional capital.[9] After Ravalomanana prevailed in the dispute, Rakotomavo, unlike the governors of the other provinces, was not prosecuted.[10]