Eugène Bernard Lechat was a French-Malagasy politician during the era on Malagasy Republic, and former vice president of Madagascar.
He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Madagascar.
[1] He was also one of the Vice Presidents of Madagascar from 1971 to 1972, and also deputy secretary general of the Social Democratic Party.
[3] Lechat lost his political position alongside President Tsiranana in October 1972, and returned to France with his wife.
[3] In 1989 he returned back to Madagascar, and served as the mayor of Mananjary from 1995 to 1999, and then retired from politics.