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Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 20 November 2016 after having been postponed several times. [1] The elections were overseen by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), [2] and were held using the two-round system, with a second round scheduled for 29 January 2017 if no candidate received an absolute majority of the votes in the first round (50% plus one vote).
President — Boniface Alexandre (1936–2023) — 29 February 2004 14 May 2006 2 years, 75 days Independent: Provisional President (45) René Préval (1943–2017) 2006: 14 May 2006 14 May 2011 5 years Lespwa (until 2009) President Inite: 46 Michel Martelly (born 1961) 2010–11: 14 May 2011 7 February 2016 4 years, 269 days Repons Peyizan ...
Michel Joseph Martelly [1] (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ʒozɛf maʁtɛli]; born 12 February 1961 [2]) is a Haitian musician and politician who served as the 42nd president of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. On August 20, 2024, the United States sanctioned the former president for trafficking drugs, in particular cocaine, into the ...
Take a look at CNN’s Fast Facts on the life of the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Haiti on 13 and 14 February 2016 following the annulment of the results of the 2015 elections by the Provisional Electoral Council, [1] and after Michel Martelly resigned the presidency and Prime Minister Evans Paul assumed office as acting president on 7 February 2016. The members of the National ...
Martelly, who lives in Miami but maintains a prominent political profile in Haiti, served as president of the volatile Caribbean country from May 2011 to February 2016.
In 2015, President Michel Martelly designated Moïse as the presidential candidate of the political party he had founded, the center-right Haitian Tèt Kale Party (PHTK). [16] In his campaign, Moïse promoted bio-ecological agriculture as an economic engine for Haiti, whose population was over 50% rural. [17]
Edgard Leblanc Fils — Former president of Haiti’s Senate from 1995 to 2000. Fils finished second to Jocelerme Privert in the parliamentary indirect presidential election of February 2016. He ...