Madagascar 's military leader and interim president, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, has sacked his prime minister and dissolved the Cabinet just five months after seizing power on the back of youth-led protests against the former government in Antananarivo. The colonel had chosen a private sector businessman, Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, as prime minister after former President Andry Rajoelina fled last October .  A presidential spokesperson said in a statement published late on Monday that