Ravelonarivo was born on 17 April 1959 in Sakadomo,
Berevo,
Madagascar. He was a pilot stationed at the Ivato Aeronaval Base between 1985 and 1997. He presented his cabinet on 23 January. On 8 April 2016 it was announced that Ravelonarivo along with his cabinet resigned from their posts. Ravelonarivo denied the announcement that he had resigned although he would tender resignation at a "a more opportune moment". On 10 April President Rajaonarimampianina named
Olivier Mahafaly as new prime minister. Ravelonarivo subsequently stated that he would sign a letter of resignation. In September 2021, the criminal court of the Antananarivo anti-corruption pole called for six individuals and a company to appear. Jean Ravelonarivo, Prime Minister between 2015 and 2016 and direct beneficiary of fraudulent contracts, five years in prison were required against him. The defendants were ordered to pay a total of 6 billion ariary in damages to the CNAPS, the civil party in this case. ==Fleeing criminal sentence==