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Jacques Hugues Sylla (July 1946 – 26 December 2009) was a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar under President Marc Ravalomanana from February 2002 to January 2007. He subsequently served as the President of the National Assembly of Madagascar from 2007 to 2009. ==Life and career== Sylla was born on the island of Sainte-Marie, Analanjirofo,〔()〕 off the east coast of Madagascar. He was the son of Albert Sylla, who served as Foreign Minister under Madagascar's first President, Philibert Tsiranana,〔("Jacques Sylla reconduit Premier ministre" ), ''Afrique Express'', number 262, January 15, 2003 .〕〔Jean-Dominique Geslin, ("Jacques Sylla, diplomate par filiation" ), ''Jeune Afrique'', August 12, 2002 .〕 until being killed in a plane crash in July 1967.〔 He served as Foreign Minister himself from 1993 to 1996, under President Albert Zafy. He was an opponent of President Didier Ratsiraka and was one of the lawyers advising Marc Ravalomanana when he was elected Mayor of Antananarivo in 1999.〔 Sylla was also a founder of the Toamasina section of the National Committee for the Observation of Elections.〔〔("Jacques Sylla, le Premier ministre de Marc Ravalomanana" ), ''Afrique Express'', number 246, March 14, 2002 .〕 Sylla backed Ravalomanana in the crisis that followed the December 2001 presidential election〔〔 and argued Ravalomanana's case before the High Constitutional Court.〔 On February 26, 2002, in the midst of the crisis, Ravalomanana named Sylla as Prime Minister, a few days after Ravalomanana declared himself president.〔("Madagascar: Ravalomanana swears in "prime minister"" ), IRIN, February 26, 2002.〕〔("Rival Madagascar premier named" ), ''BBC News Online'', February 26, 2002.〕 After Ravalomanana was sworn in for a second time in early May, Sylla was reappointed as Prime Minister on May 9.〔("Jacques Sylla, reconduit Premier ministre, forme un gouvernement bien éloigné de l’ouverture politique" ), ''Afrique Express'', number 250, May 24, 2002 .〕 Later in 2002, Sylla became the Secretary General of the ruling Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party;〔〔 this marked the first time that he had ever been a member of a political party.〔 Sylla resigned as Prime Minister on 19 January 2007, at the end of Ravalomanana's first term; his resignation was accepted by Ravalomanana, who appointed Charles Rabemananjara as Prime Minister on 20 January.〔("Charles Rabemananjara 1er Ministre de Madagascar" (presidential decrees) ), Sobika.com, January 20, 2007.〕 In the September 2007 parliamentary election, Sylla stood as a TIM candidate in the Sainte-Marie constituency,〔("T.I.M : Jacques Sylla candidat à Sainte-Marie" ), ''Midi Madagasikara'', August 14, 2007 .〕〔("Jacques Sylla devant les catholiques; S’abstenir des déclarations politiques" ), ''Madagascar Tribune'', number 5,632, August 16, 2007 .〕〔(Provisional results for Sainte-Marie ) at Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reform website .〕 winning with 51.04% of the vote according to provisional results.〔 When the new session of the National Assembly began, Sylla was elected as President of the National Assembly on October 23, 2007; he was the only candidate and received 123 votes from the 124 deputies present, with one blank vote.〔("Assemblée nationale; Jacques Sylla, plébiscité !" ), ''Madagascar Tribune'', October 24, 2007 .〕 As President of the National Assembly, Sylla was an ''ex officio'' member of the national political bureau of TIM and therefore remained on the political bureau at TIM's May 2008 congress.〔("Bureau politique du TIM; Rajemison écarté" ), ''Madagascar Tribune'', May 22, 2008 .〕 Sylla was a Catholic,〔〔 a Côtier,〔 and had dual Malagasy and French nationality.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacques Sylla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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