Entity record
Didier RatsirakaPerson
Didier Ratsiraka is a former politically exposed person (PEP): President of Madagascar — a Level 1 (Executive) position — recorded from the Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Politically exposed person (PEP)
Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.
- Position
- President of Madagascar
- Government branch
- Executive (B1)
- Dates in office
- 1997-02-09 – 2002-07-05
Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.
Enhanced due diligence
Enhanced Due Diligence Report
Elevated EDD attentionas of 2026-07-09
FreshnessGenerated from source data as of 2026-07-09 — the date this record was last observed in the Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations); regenerates when the underlying source data changes.wd_peps
List-version anchorList version wd_peps@2026-07-09; manifest SHA-256 97dd2edea227… (signing pending).wd_peps
This is an automatically generated screening and research aid, not certified enhanced due diligence. It is compiled from the official public sources cited on this page and reflects those sources as of the date shown — it is not legal advice and not a determination that this person presents, or does not present, risk. A PEP flag indicates a prominent public function requiring enhanced due diligence — a source-attributed classification, not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. Statements that nothing was found reflect our sources as of the check date and are not a clearance. The regulated institution remains solely responsible for its own due diligence, risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification. Verify independently.
S2 Identity & biographical profile
Canonical nameDidier Ratsirakawd_peps
Known aliasesOnly the primary name variant is published by Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations).
Date of birthNot published by source (Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations)).
NationalityMGwd_peps
IdentifiersNone published by our sources.
S3 Position, public function & influence
Office / rolePresident of Madagascarwd_peps
Government branchExecutive (B1)wd_pepsmethodology
Seniority (why this office matters)Level 1 — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.wd_pepsmethodology
Term(s) in office1997-02-09 – 2002-07-05wd_peps
StatusFormer — derived from the source's recorded end of tenure, never hand-set.wd_pepsmethodology
S4 PEP classification & methodology
ClassificationLevel 1 (Executive) — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.wd_pepsmethodology
A source-attributed classification requiring enhanced due diligence — not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. The public methodology (levels, branches, decay model) is linked in the source registry below.
Retention & decayOnce former, this classification is retained for 50 years after leaving office (the Level 1 retention window); this record is within that window. EU AMLD requires enhanced measures to continue for at least 12 months after a PEP leaves office; the retention windows applied here are deliberately longer.methodologyEU AMLD
S5 Sanctions & watchlist cross-check
No sanctions or watchlist match found in our resolved corpus for this record as of 2026-07-09 (list version wd_peps@2026-07-09). This is not a clearance: it reflects our sources and our precision-first resolution method, and does not discharge an institution's own screening obligations.
S6 Relatives & close associates (RCA)
No relatives or close associates are recorded in our sources as of 2026-07-09. This reflects our current source coverage — not a finding that none exist. FATF R.12 extends EDD obligations to relatives and close associates; institutions must establish these through their own KYC.
S7 Jurisdiction & country-risk context
Jurisdiction of office / nationalityMGwd_peps
Country-risk indicators (FATF grey/black-list status, corruption perception index): not yet assessed in this report as of 2026-07-09.
S8 EDD obligation indicators
Indicated EDD postureElevated EDD attention. A deterministic, non-numeric statement of which EDD obligations published regulation attaches to the published classification facts below — not a risk score, not a verdict on this person, and not a substitute for the institution's own risk rating.rubricFATF R.12
InputSeniority: Level 1 (Executive).wd_pepsmethodology
InputStatus: former office-holder, within the retention window.wd_pepsmethodology
InputSanctions cross-check: no confirmed designation in our resolved corpus as of 2026-07-09 (see the cross-check section; not a clearance).
InputJurisdiction country-risk status: not yet assessed (Phase 3 input; when assessed, a FATF-listed jurisdiction elevates the band one step).
Rubric v1.0.0Band derivation (deterministic, code-owned): Level 1 → Higher, Level 2 → Elevated, Level 3/RCA → Standard; a former office-holder within the retention window steps down one band, past it rests at Standard; a resolver-confirmed designation always sets the top band; an unconfirmed status never lowers the band; FATF-listed-jurisdiction elevation becomes an input once country-risk indicators are assessed. No numeric score exists anywhere in this derivation.
FATF Recommendation 12 attaches four mandatory measures to foreign PEPs — risk-management systems to determine PEP status; senior-management approval; reasonable measures to establish source of wealth and funds; enhanced ongoing monitoring — and applies them to domestic PEPs and international-organisation officials on a risk-sensitive basis. Foreign-vs-domestic depends on the institution's own jurisdiction, which this report cannot know.FATF R.12
The institution's own risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification remain its sole responsibility (standing notice above).
S9 Source of wealth / source of funds
Not assessed. Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds verification are obligations the regulated institution performs on customer-provided information (FATF R.12(c); EU AMLR Art. 42). They cannot be supplied by a screening-data vendor and are outside the scope of this screening aid.
S10 Adverse media
Not assessed. This report does not include adverse-media screening as of 2026-07-09. The absence of adverse-media content here is not a clean bill and does not discharge an institution's own negative-news screening.
S11 Ongoing monitoring & freshness
Observation windowFirst observed 2026-07-09; last confirmed 2026-07-09.wd_peps
Source confirmationConfirmed present in Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) list version wd_peps@2026-07-09, observed 2026-07-09.wd_peps
Decay / retentionRetention posture: former office-holder within the 50-year retention window.methodology
What changes here: the report regenerates whenever this record's source data changes, in the same daily refresh that drives customer re-screening; unchanged data produces a byte-identical report.
Institutions needing change alerts on this record: the screening API offers continuous monitoring — see /about/#api.
S12 Sources, provenance & citations
Every factual claim above carries a citation resolving to a row below (dataset, issuing authority, license, confidence tier, observation dates, list version + manifest hash). A machine-checkable gate rejects any report with an uncited claim.
How to citeHow to cite this report: “Didier Ratsiraka — Enhanced Due Diligence Report (ProofAML), as of 2026-07-09. https://proofaml.com/people/didier-ratsiraka-nk3684636d/#edd-report — reflects the official sources listed in the registry.”
| Cited source | Authority · license · tier | Version & observation |
|---|---|---|
| Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) | Wikidata (crowd-sourced, CC0) · CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) Corroboration tier (crowdsourced) | v wd_peps@2026-07-09 · sha256 97dd2edea227… · signing pending · 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-09 |
| ProofAML PEP classification methodology — seniority levels, government branches, retention/decay windows | ProofAML | |
| ProofAML EDD obligation rubric v1.0.0 (deterministic, code-owned, non-numeric) | ProofAML | |
| FATF Recommendation 12 — politically exposed persons | Financial Action Task Force | |
| EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849, as amended), Arts. 20–23 — PEP enhanced due diligence | European Union |
S13 Correction & dispute path
Our dataOur error (wrong merge, stale field, mis-parse): request a correction via /about/#corrections or corrections@proofaml.com — acknowledged and resolved within 5 business days.
Source recordErrors in the underlying official record belong to the issuing authority listed in the registry above — we reflect official lists and are not the issuing authority.
This reportA report that misstates its cited sources is a generation defect (bug severity): use the same correction queue; any generated narrative is pulled to template-only immediately on receipt while investigated.
Automatically generated screening and research aid — not certified due diligence, not an allegation of wrongdoing, not a sanction, and never a clearance. Verify independently.
Also searched as10 spelling variants
Dedier Ratsiraka · Dideer Ratsiraka · Didiar Ratsiraka · Didier Ratseraka · Didier Ratsiraca · Didier Ratsirake · Didier Ratsireka · Didier Ratsyraka · Didier Retsiraka · Didiir Ratsiraka
Common misspellings and alternate transliterations of this entity's listed names, generated to aid search and screening. They are not part of the official source record above.
Key properties
- Nationality
- MG
- Position
- President of Madagascar
Source list & list version
| Source list | List version | Manifest SHA-256 | Status | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) Wikidata (crowd-sourced, CC0) | wd_peps@2026-07-09 | 97dd2edea227ba1d… | List version (signing pending) | — |
Last confirmed present in Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations) list version wd_peps@2026-07-09, observed .
This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Request a correction or dispute (distinguishes a data-handling error on our side from the underlying official designation, which is the issuing authority's record).
How to cite this page
Didier Ratsiraka. ProofAML. This page reflects the official Wikidata — Global PEPs (all countries + international organizations), version wd_peps@2026-07-09, as observed on 2026-07-09. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/didier-ratsiraka-nk3684636d/
Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /people/didier-ratsiraka-nk3684636d/entity.json