Antananarivo - Madagascar's president appointed a serving air commodore as prime minister on Wednesday, two days after the government of the Indian Ocean island nation resigned over criticism of its handling of recurring power outages.
"In accordance with article 54 of the Constitution, Air Commodore Jean Ravelonarivo is appointed prime minister," announced Pierre Roger Ralala, secretary-general in the presidency.
Former premier Roger Kolo - a radiologist by trade - and his cabinet resigned on Monday following heavy criticism for their response to the repeated electricity failures.