# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gisele-rabesahala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:42:57.394Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gisele-rabesahala"
name: "Gisèle Rabesahala"
slug: "gisele-rabesahala"
description: "Marie Gisèle Aimée Rabesahala was a Malagasy politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the government of Madagascar. She entered politics at the age of 17, campaigning on behalf of political prisoners, and becoming Madagascar's first woman municipal councilor, before becoming the first Malagasy woman to establish and lead a political party. She was a committed Marxist and co-founded the communist Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar, which took power in 1975. In 1977, she became Madagascar's first female minister, responsible for promoting revolutionary art and culture, but lost her job in 1991 when her ministry was abolished in the course of Madagascar's return to multi-party democracy. She remained an active political campaigner and journalist until her death in 2011."
tagline: "Malagasy politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the government of Madagascar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gis%C3%A8le_Rabesahala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-05-07"
deathDate: "2011-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.363636363636364
  historical:           17.14182933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump