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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.
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.
The 1990–91 general election was heralded as the first democratic election in Haiti's history. [5] Aristide, a populist Roman Catholic priest, was the most controversial candidate of his party, the National Front for Change and Democracy (FCND). He was one of the only church figures to speak out against repression during the Duvalier years. [6]
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 ...
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).
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 ...
Guy Philippe, the former Haitian police commander who led a rebellion in 2004 that overthrew President Jean Bertrand Aristide and then spent nearly a dozen years evading U.S. Drug Enforcement ...