Albert Sylla

Albert Sylla
Born	Tuléar
Nationality	Malagsy
Education	School of Medicine, Antananarivo
Medical career
Profession	Senior Medical Officer

Albert Sylla (18 February 1909 – 19 July 1967) was a Malagasy doctor and politician.

Sylla was born to an unknown French father and a Creole mother, Louisa Sylla on 18 February 1909 in Tuléar.

As a child he was educated in nous Catholic missions, attending the Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Nosy Be, and later the College of the Saint Joseph Christian Brothers in Tamatave. After being admitted to the Myre de Vilers school, he began studies at the School of Medicine in Antananarivo in 1926, where he gained the rank of Senior Medical Officer; the highest degree attainable by local officials.

In 1932 in Tamatave he married Laguet, a lady of European and Réunion Creole heritage, and they had six children. The family lived in Fianarantsoa, Tuléar, Tananarive, Mananara, Île Sainte-Marie and lastly Tamatave, where he was posted in September 1946, after the birth of his son Jacques. Sylla helped form Parti des déshérités de Madagascar (PADESM), and he entered politics when he was elected as a provincial councillor on 30 March 1952. In the same year he became Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Tourism.

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