Madagascar · Government
Government and administration in Madagascar
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of state — President
- Directly elected for five years, renewable once.
- Executive — Prime Minister and government
- Prime Minister appointed from the Assembly majority; government answerable to it.
- Legislature — National Assembly and Senate
- Bicameral; the Senate partly indirectly elected and partly appointed.
- Judiciary — Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature
- Governs judicial careers and discipline.
How legislation is made
Bills originate with the government or members of either chamber, are examined in committee, and must pass both the National Assembly and the Senate; the Assembly prevails on disagreement. The Haute Cour Constitutionnelle may review a law before promulgation, and organic laws must be referred to it as a matter of course.
Enforcement institutions
- Ministère public
- Public prosecutors attached to each court, directing criminal investigation.
- Police nationale and Gendarmerie nationale
- Urban policing and rural/territorial policing respectively.
- Bianco (Bureau Indépendant Anti-Corruption)
- Independent anti-corruption investigator.
- Pôles anti-corruption
- Specialised anti-corruption court chambers.
Government bodies and regulators
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