Shortly after Ratsiraka assumed power, the government announced that holdings in excess of 500 hectares would be turned over to landless families, and in 1975 it reported that 500,000 hectares of land had been processed under the program.
The post-colonial backlash that brought about the Second Republic (1975–1992) saw schools serve as vehicles for citizen indoctrination into Admiral Didier Ratsiraka's socialist ideology.
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The Ratsiraka regime's education policy of Malagachization strengthened this primarily two-tiered education system during the 1980s.
Roland Ratsiraka, a Malagasy politician who is nephew of the aforementioned
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Didier Ratsiraka, a President of Madagascar 1975–1993 and 1997–2002
On August 4, 2009, Ratsiraka met with President of the High Authority of Transition of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina, as well as Ravalomanana (who had himself been ousted and forced into exile) and Zafy, in crisis talks mediated by former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano and held in Maputo.
Ratsiraka, as the TTS candidate, was victorious, regaining his position as Mayor and defeating Barnest Andriamiarantsoa, the candidate of the ruling Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM).