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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.
Lavalas emerged as a powerful social movement in the late 1980s, [2] and it backed Jean Bertrand Aristide's election campaign in 1990. The establishment of the Lavalas movement as a formal political party, renamed Fanmi Lavalas, took place in 1996 as a split by Aristide from the Struggling People's Party (OPL) over the question of his resumption of the three years he lost in exile following ...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) — 12 October 1994 7 February 1996 1 year, 118 days Struggling People's Organization: President [q] 45 René Préval (1943–2017) 1995: 7 February 1996 7 February 2001 5 years Fanmi Lavalas: President (44) Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) 2000: 7 February 2001 29 February 2004 : 3 years, 22 days Fanmi ...
Take a look at CNN’s Fast Facts on the life of the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
December 21 Agreement, a coalition of 35 political parties, civic organizations, women’s and young people’s groups as well as churches and business leaders. They got their name after backing a ...
Guy Philippe (French pronunciation: [ɡi filip]; born 29 February 1968) is a Haitian former police officer, politician, and convicted money launderer, who led the 2004 Haitian coup d'état against president Jean-Bertrand Aristide after being fired from the police in 2000.
Democratic Alliance Party: 18 Fritz Jean (born 1953) 2015–16: 26 February 2016 28 March 2016 31 days Inite: Jocelerme Privert (2016–2017) 19 Enex Jean-Charles (born 1960) — 28 March 2016 21 March 2017 358 days Independent: 20 Jack Guy Lafontant (born 1961) — 21 March 2017 17 September 2018 1 year, 180 days Democratic Movement of Haiti –
His presidency, however, was also marked by fierce political clashes with a parliament dominated by opposition party members (OPL) and an increasingly vocal Fanmi Lavalas, which opposed the structural adjustment and privatization program of Préval's government.