Editing Albert Zafy (section)

{{Short description|President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Albert Zafy
| image           = President Albert Zafy.jpg
| caption         = Zafy in 2013
| office          = 4th [[List of presidents of Madagascar|President of Madagascar]]
| term_start      = 27 March 1993
| term_end        = 5 September 1996
| predecessor     = [[Didier Ratsiraka]]
| successor       = [[Norbert Ratsirahonana]] {{small|(acting)}} 
| primeminister = [[Emmanuel Rakotovahiny]],<br />[[Francisque Ravony]]
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1927|5|01|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Betsihaka]], [[Antsiranana Province]], [[French Madagascar]]
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2017|10|13|1927|5|01|df=y}}
| death_place     = [[Saint-Pierre, Réunion]]
| party           = National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) {{small|(2002–2017)}}
| otherparty      = National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD) {{small|(before 2002)}}
| spouse          = [[Thérèse Zafy]]
| alma_mater      = [[University of Montpellier]]
}}

'''Albert Zafy''' (1 May 1927 – 13 October 2017) was a Malagasy politician and educator who served as the fourth [[president of Madagascar]] from 1993 to 1996. In 1988, he founded the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD).<ref>Patrick Rajoelina, ''Madagascar, le duel'' (2003), page 206 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

In 1992, Zafy stood as a presidential candidate against President [[Didier Ratsiraka]]. The election soon became a [[Malagasy presidential election, 1992–93|run-off]] between the two candidates. In 1993, Zafy won the run-off election in a landslide, receiving 67% of the vote.<ref name=ISS>Richard R. Marcus, [http://www.iss.org.za/pubs/papers/89/Paper89.htm "Political change in Madagascar: populist democracy or neopatrimonialism by another name?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508121842/http://www.iss.org.za/pubs/papers/89/Paper89.htm |date=8 May 2013 }}, Institute for Security Studies, Occasional Paper 89, August 2004.</ref> During his presidency, Zafy received poor polling numbers due to an economic decline with accusations of corruption in his office. He was impeached in 1996 and then defeated by Ratsiraka in the [[1996 Malagasy presidential election|1996 presidential election]].<ref>[[Guy Arnold]], [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9113837/MADAGASCAR Madagascar: Year in Review 1996], Britannica.com.</ref> After leaving office, Zafy remained active in politics as an opposition leader under successive administrations.