Vonimbolana Rasoazanany was born on November 13, 1950, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. She holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Antananarivo. This, she obtained between 1971 and 1975. Within that period, she concurrently studied for a Diploma from the Institut d’Etudes Judiciaires in the same university.

Vonimbolana started her career as a Deputy Public Prosecutor of Tribunal de première instance in Diego Suarez from 1976 to 1978. She was appointed Judge and examining magistrate at the Section of the Ambositra Tribunal from 1978 to 1981. Whilst serving in that capacity, she was responsible for investigating blood crimes, grand larcenies, killings, amongst others. From 1985 to 1990 she was appointed as Counsellor at the Court of Appeal of Antananarivo and President of the Ordinary Criminal Court. Vonimbolana lectured for about a year at the University of Antananarivo during her tenure at the Court of Appeal.

Judge Rasoazanany was elevated to the Supreme Court of Madagascar as Counsellor from 1991 to 2002. Her responsibilities involved the supervision of the Trial Courts and Appeal Courts. Thereafter, she became the Director of Studies and External Relations of the Ministry of Justice for about a year and in 2006 occupied the position of Presiding Judge at the Supreme Court of Madagascar. Judge Rasoazanany’s international career commenced as ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for a four-year term beginning from 2001 and ending in 2005. She was re-elected by the United Nations General Assembly as ad litem judge of the ICTY for another term which ended in 2009. Rasoazanany has collaborated with international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNICEF on projects related to human rights and children’s rights.
Judge Rasoazanany is actively involved in non-governmental organizations, namely; African League for Human and Peoples’ Rights since 2000 and “Comité national malgache pour la défense des droits de l’homme”, since 2002. She has served on several boards in Madagascar and has participated in numerous conferences and workshops both locally and internationally. She has been awarded on several occasions for her industriousness in legal spheres.