<page_title> List of Presidents of Madagascar </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> № </col_header> <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> <cell> Philibert Tsiranana (1912–1978) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Left office </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1 May 1959 <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> <row_header> Philibert Tsiranana (1912–1978) </row_header> </cell> <cell> 11 October 1972 (resigned.) <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> <row_header> Philibert Tsiranana (1912–1978) </row_header> </cell> </table>
Philibert Tsiranana (1912 – 1978) was a Malagasy politician who served as the first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972.