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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.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide: October 12, 1994 – January 20, 1996 Aristide, who left the Catholic priesthood in 1994, was unmarried until 1996 [2] [3] Mildred Trouillot (1963–present) Jean-Bertrand Aristide: January 20, 1996 – February 7, 1996 President Aristide married Trouillot, a Haitian American, on January 20, 1996 [3] Guerda Benoît (1963 ...
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.
Take a look at CNN’s Fast Facts on the life of the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
In February 2004, the country experienced a coup d'état which saw the removal and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [2] Breaking with the Haitian constitution a "council of the wise" was set up by the international powers to choose a new Prime Minister.
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 ...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide won Haiti's first democratic presidential election in 1990 but was overthrown and exiled the following year. He was restored to his presidency in 1994 and won the next election in 2000 but 2004 brought another coup which removed Aristide from power once again.
The 2001 Haitian coup attempt, involving around 30–80 armed gunmen part of the disbanded armed forces, was a foiled attempt at overthrowing President Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti. Following the coup attempt, partisans part of the ruling Fanmi Lavalas party and supporters of President Aristide reacted by engaging in widespread violence ...