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{{Short description|Malagasy businesswoman and politician (born 1953)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Lalao Ravalomanana
|image = Lalao Ravalomanana.jpg
|caption = Ravalomanana in 2017
|office = 54th [[Mayor of Antananarivo]]
|term_start = 7 October 2015
|term_end = 16 January 2020
|predecessor = Olga Rasmimanana <br> {{small|(Acting)}}
|successor = Naina Andriantsitohaina
|office2 = [[First Lady of Madagascar]]
|term_label2 = In role
|term_start2 = 6 May 2002
|term_end2 = 17 March 2009
|predecessor2 = [[Céline Ratsiraka]]
|successor2 = [[Mialy Rajoelina]]
|president2 = [[Marc Ravalomanana]]
|birth_name = Lalao Harivelo Rakotonirainy
|birth_date = {{Birth month and age|1953|05}}
|birth_place = [[Antananarivo]], [[French Madagascar]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Tiako I Madagasikara|I Love Madagascar]]
|otherparty =
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Marc Ravalomanana]]|1974}}
|alma_mater =
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|burial =
|nationality = Malagasy
}}

'''Neny Lalao Rakotonirainy Ravalomanana''' (born 1953) is a [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] businesswoman and politician who served as the [[First Lady of Madagascar]] from 2002 to 2009, when her husband, [[Marc Ravalomanana]], was [[President of Madagascar|president]].

[[File:Der Präsident SE Mr Ravalomanana und Mrs Ravalomanana verlassen das Rathaus - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Lalao Ravalomanana and her husband in 2007]]

Ravalomanana was born Lalao Harivelo Rakotonirainy in [[Antananarivo]], [[French Madagascar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Madagascar : Lalao Ravalomanana, au nom de Marc|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2728p021_01.xml0/|access-date=14 June 2013|newspaper=Jeune Afrique}}</ref> She married Marc Ravalomanana in 1974 at a ceremony held in Imerikasinina.<ref name=madagate>{{cite news|title=Madagascar First ladies : De Justine à Voahangy, en passant par les deux Thérèse |url=http://www.madagate.org/reportages/manifestation/3911-madagascar-first-ladies-de-justine-a-voahangy-en-passant-par-les-deux-therese.html |work=Madagate.com |date=2014-02-14 |access-date=2017-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015120738/http://www.madagate.org/reportages/manifestation/3911-madagascar-first-ladies-de-justine-a-voahangy-en-passant-par-les-deux-therese.html |archive-date=2017-10-15 |url-status=live}}</ref> The couple have four children: Josoa, Tojo, Sarah, and Maika.<ref name=madagate/>

In April 2013, Lalao Ravalomanana put herself forward to run in the [[2013 Malagasy presidential election|2013 presidential election]], an election in which her husband was barred from standing.<ref>{{cite news|title=LALAO RAVALOMANANA, Née RAKOTONIRAINY – " Moi présidente, lui gèrera Tiko "|url=http://www.lexpressmada.com/lalao-ravalomanana-nee-rakotonirainy-madagascar/44028--moi-presidente-lui-gerera-tiko-.html|access-date=14 June 2013|newspaper=L' express de Madagascar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626023129/http://www.lexpressmada.com/lalao-ravalomanana-nee-rakotonirainy-madagascar/44028--moi-presidente-lui-gerera-tiko-.html|archive-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wife of Madagascar's ousted president makes leadership bid|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-madagascar-election-idUSBRE93O0W420130425|access-date=14 June 2013|date=25 April 2013|newspaper=Reuters|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924180844/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-madagascar-election-idUSBRE93O0W420130425|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{cite news|first=Alain|last=Iloniaina |title=Wife of Madagascar's ousted president makes leadership bid |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-madagascar-election/wife-of-madagascars-ousted-president-makes-leadership-bid-idUSBRE93O0W420130425 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=2013-04-25 |access-date=2017-10-15 }}</ref> However, Ravalomanana, who had recently returned from exile in South Africa where she lived with her husband, was barred from running for not having lived in Madagascar for 6 months before the poll.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Top Presidential Candidates Barred From Election in Madagascar|date =18 August 2013|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/world/africa/top-presidential-candidates-barred-from-election-in-madagascar.html?_r=0|last = Polgreen|first = Lydia|newspaper = The New York Times|access-date = 23 September 2013}}</ref> Ravalomanana then publicly endorsed medical doctor and politician [[Jean Louis Robinson]] from Antananarivo.<ref name = visionary>{{Cite news|title = Mouvance Ravalomanana to Support Visionary Presidential Candidate|date = 13 September 2013|url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mouvance-ravalomanana-to-support-visionary-presidential-candidate-223599541.html|access-date = 23 September 2013|agency = PR Newswire}}</ref>

From October 2015 to January 2020 Lalao Ravalomanana served as [[Mayor of Antananarivo]].

==See also==
* [[Timeline of Antananarivo]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://news.lipscomb.edu/filter.asp?SID=14&fi_key=724&co_key=13545 President and First Lady of Madagascar visits Lipscomb University, meets with business leaders] (includes photos of Lalao Ravalomanana]
* [https://www.africaintelligence.com/eastern-and-southern-africa_politics/2015/10/09/lalao-ravalomanana-forms-her-antananarivo-city-team,108105607-art]

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[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:First ladies of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Mayors of Antananarivo]]
[[Category:Malagasy businesspeople]]
[[Category:People from Antananarivo]]
[[Category:21st-century Malagasy women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Malagasy politicians]]

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