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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁtʁɑ̃ aʁistid]; born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1991 before being deposed in a coup d'état.
Provisional President (44) Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) — 12 October 1994 7 February 1996 1 year, 118 days ... Vice President of Haiti; Prime Minister of Haiti.
Take a look at CNN’s Fast Facts on the life of the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
A coup d'état in Haiti on 29 February 2004, following several weeks of conflict, resulted in the removal of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. On 5 February, a rebel group, called the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti, took control of Haiti's fourth-largest city, Gonaïves.
The political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, once the most powerful force in Haiti, returned to the country’s leadership Monday after its representative on the transitional ...
Edgard Leblanc Fils — Former president of Haiti’s Senate from 1995 to 2000. ... Leslie Voltaire — Veteran politician who was a member of the administrations of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and ...
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns triumphantly to the National Palace at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 1994. Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti in October 1994 after 3 years of forced exile. [15] Operation Uphold Democracy officially ended on 31 March 1995, when it was replaced by the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH).
After large, pro-Aristide demonstrations in the United States, President Bill Clinton, with the support of the United Nations, pressured the coup regime to step down. On 31 July 1994, United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 authorized a United States-led multinational force under unified command and control to restore Aristide to office ...