By Tim Cocks and Ammu Kannampilly

ANTANANARIVO/NAIROBI (Reuters) -A former DJ once nicknamed “TGV” after the French fast train for his dynamism, Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina was the world’s youngest head of state at 34 when he came to power in a coup in 2009.

Now the three-time president has fled after disappointing the Indian Ocean island’s young majority in the latest protest cycle against political elites.

The military unit that joined the Gen Z demonstrations last weekend – prompting his departure – was the same one that installed him 16 years ago when Rajoelina’s charisma had rallied youngsters frustrated at poverty and corruption.

At the time, Rajoelina was six years too young to even legally be president, according to the constitution. But his youth, and his celebrity status as

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