Kely Bastien

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Kely Bastien is a Haitian politician and former president of the Parliament of Haiti.

He was born 1965 in Acul-du-Nord, and is a physician by profession. [1] He served as the president of the Chamber of Deputies in 1990s. He was elected to the Senate of Haiti in 2006 as LESPWA party candidate. [1] He was elected as the president of the Senate of Haiti from 2008 to 2011. A member of president René Préval's LESPWA party, he was trapped in rubble following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but was found alive and transported to the Dominican Republic for treatment. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "iciHaiti - UPNCH : Kelly C. Bastien appointed Director of Partnership and International Cooperation - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7". IciHaiti.com.
  2. "Llevan al HOMS al presidente del Senado haitiano" . Retrieved 2010-01-13.[ dead link ]