Background
Sylla was born to an unknown French father and a Creole mother, Louisa Sylla on 18 February 1909 in Tuléar.
Diplomat physician politician senator
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 1953 he was elected as a councillor to the Assembly of the French Union, and he ran on the list of "Entente franco-malgache dan l"Union francaise".
On 28 August 1956, whilst attending a reunion in Tamatave, he became president of the local chapter of the UDSM, which had been formed by Norbest Zafimahova.
During this time he travelled extensively, and made unofficial visits to South of Korea, Algeria, India, Taiwan, France, Belgium, Kenya, Japan, Greece, amongst others On 19 July 1967, an Air Madagascar Douglas District of Columbia-4, on a scheduled flight from Antananarivo to Tamatave and Diego Suarez, crashed after take-off from Ivato International Airport, killing 42 people, including Sylla.
The Madagascar Cabinet held an emergency meeting after the crash, and it was announced that Sylla would be given a state funeral. Sylla was succeeded as foreign minister by Jacques Rabemananjara on 22 August 1967 after President Tsiranana reshuffled his cabinet as a result of Sylla"s death.
In 1958 he became a member of the National Assembly of Madagascar.