# National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power Date: 2025 ## The fact On 14 October 2025 Madagascar’s [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) impeached [Andry Rajoelina](/people/andry-rajoelina) by 130 votes to one blank, after he fled amid youth-led protests and army defections. He had sought to dissolve the Assembly. Colonel Michael Randrianirina announced the military had taken power. ## Context He was the sitting president. Lawmakers voted. CAPSAT executed the palace takeover. Randrianirina is unresolved. He is not in office at apply. 13 October flight reports; 14 October impeachment and army announcement; 17 October Randrianirina oath. Stored as one 14 October 2025 Fact. Keep National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power on 2025-10-14 separate from neighbouring CENI, HCC, and 2025-impeachment instruments. The president of Madagascar was head of state through the 2023 poll. He could run, accept a CENI/HCC return, and issue a dissolution decree. He does not write an HCC judgment, and he does not invent a unique 2025 protest-death integer here. He is not in office at the 2026 apply date. ## Evidence and sources Reuters carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is [civic space](/drivers/civic-space): a completed flight and impeachment of the sitting president after youth-led protest. ## What is established and what is not Established: The Assembly impeached him 130–1 on 14 October 2025 after he fled. The army announced it had taken power. Not established: A unique protest-death integer, or that he remains president at the 2026 apply date. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. The Assembly voted. CAPSAT took the palace. Sharing execution is not a reason to drop 14 October 2025.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power, not a later speech about National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power on 2025-10-14 is not a licence to treat every later Reuters communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average National Assembly impeaches Rajoelina after he flees; army announces it has taken power into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He fled and issued a dissolution decree. The Assembly voted. CAPSAT took the palace. Sharing execution is not a reason to drop 14 October 2025. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Andry Rajoelina: https://factrail.ai/people/andry-rajoelina ## Drivers - Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space - Rajoelina electoral contestation: https://factrail.ai/drivers/rajoelina-electoral-contestation ## Sources - https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/ - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/madagascars-president-dissolves-national-assembly-escalating-crisis-2025-10-14/ ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mg-rajoelina-impeach-2025