Evans Paul,also known as Compère Plume;shortened as K-Plume (KP),is a Haitian politician and former president of the Democratic United Committee. He was elected mayor of Port-au-Prince in the 1990 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide's National Front for Change and Democracy party to power,and he served as a campaign manager for a time during Aristide's 1990 campaign. He made an unsuccessful run for President of Haiti in the 2006 elections under the Democratic Alliance Party banner. On December 25,2014,President Michel Martelly announced Evans Paul as Haiti's new prime minister. On February 2,2016,he resigned. He remained in his position due to an agreement signed on 6 February,until a prime minister could be reached by consensus and an interim president could be elected by Parliament for a 120-day term.
Michel Joseph Martelly is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016.
Cap-Haïtien International Airport is a minor international airport serving Cap-Haïtien,a city in Nord,Haiti. It is the second largest airport in Haiti. This airport connects Haiti to airports like Miami International Airport,Providenciales International Airport,Cibao International Airport,and among others in the Caribbean region. The last airport for refueling for general aviation coming from the Bahamas into Haiti is Inagua Airport,located in Great Inagua,located at Matthew Town.
General elections were held in Haiti on 28 November 2010,having originally been scheduled for 28 February. Ten senators and all 99 deputies were to be elected.
Dr. Garry Conille is a Haitian academic,development worker,author,and former Prime Minister of Haiti. He submitted his resignation as prime minister on 24 February 2012,and was officially succeeded by Laurent Lamothe on 16 May 2012.
Corruption in Haiti occurs at one of the worst rates in the world. Corruption is a scourge that corrodes all attempts to establish a rule of law,a sustainable democracy,and to improve the quality of life of Haiti's people.
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Haiti.
The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Republic of Haiti.
Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 25 October 2015,alongside local elections and the second round of the legislative elections. Incumbent President Michel Martelly was constitutionally barred from running. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round,a runoff was to be held on 27 December 2015. On 22 December the Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP) announced that the runoff has been postponed indefinitely. However,on 1 January 2016 President Michel Martelly announced that the runoff would be held on 17 January,but on 7 January the President changed the date to 24 January. On 20 January,Jude Célestin issued a statement that calls "whatever the person who will participate in this January 24 [runoff],is a traitor to the Nation". Because of rioting and electoral violence,on 22 January the CEP decided to postpone the second round again,with no specific date given,even after President Michel Martelly confirmed the previous day in a nationwide speech that the election should still take place. The run-off date was later agreed to take place on 24 April 2016.
The Defence Force of Haiti was the envisaged name of the planned,reconstituted armed forces of the Republic of Haiti. Haiti had not had a regular armed forces since 1995;a process to reestablish them was initiated in 2011 and culminated in their remobilization in 2017.
The Haitian Tèt Kale Party is a Haitian political party. Tèt Kale means "Bald Headed" in Haitian Creole,and is a reference to former president Michel Martelly's appearance.
Jovenel Moïse was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician,who served as the 43rd President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021. He assumed the presidency in February 2017 after winning the November 2016 election. In 2019,Haiti experienced widespread protests and unrest. In the early morning of 7 July 2021,Moïse was assassinated,and his wife Martine was injured during an attack on their private residence in Pétion-Ville. Claude Joseph assumed the role of acting president in the aftermath of Moïse's assassination.
Jean-Charles Moïse is a Haitian politician. He is the leader of the Pitit Desalin political party,and was a candidate for President of Haiti in 2015,and again in 2016,when the presidential elections were redone. He served 3 consecutive terms as the mayor of Milot,in the north of Haiti,and one term as Senator for the Nord Department. He resigned from the Senate with 2 years left on his mandate in protest to allegedly having been offered a bribe to stop his opposition against then President Michel Martelly. Prior to the founding of the Pitit Desalin party,Moïse was a member of the INITE party.
The Dr. Louis G. Lamothe Foundation aims to promote social dialogue. Launched on 18 December 2015,by Laurent Lamothe,former Prime Minister of Haiti in the name of his father,the foundation hopes to expose citizens to information and the concept of social responsibility so that they can make a contribution to the dialogue,exchange of knowledge and the social transformation of their own country. It aims to create a favourable environment for the development of social entrepreneurship. It is based in Port-au-Prince,Haiti.
Jean Henry Céant is a Haitian politician who was the twenty-first Prime Minister of Haiti. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations and supporting criminal gangs on 17 November 2022.
Brazil–Haiti relations are the current and historical relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Haiti. Both nations are members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States,Organization of American States and the United Nations.
Jovenel Moïse,the 43rd president of Haiti,was assassinated on 7 July 2021 at 1 a.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) at his residence in Port-au-Prince. A group of 28 foreign mercenaries,mostly Colombians,are alleged to be responsible for the killing. First Lady Martine Moïse was also shot multiple times in the attack,and was airlifted to the United States for emergency treatment. Later in the day,USGPN killed three of the suspected assassins and arrested 20 more. A manhunt was launched for other gunmen as well as the masterminds of the attack. Haitian chief prosecutor Bedford Claude confirmed plans to question Moïse's top bodyguards;none of the president's security guards were killed or injured in the attack. US authorities have since arrested eleven suspects alleged to have conspired in the assassination.
Ariel Henry is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who has served as the acting prime minister of Haiti since 20 July 2021 after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. He later became involved in a controversy due to his refusal to cooperate with the authorities over his links with Joseph Felix Badio,one of the suspects accused of orchestrating the assassination of President Moïse on 7 July 2021. Officers who investigated the case suspected Henry was involved with planning the assassination.
Joseph Lambert is a Haitian politician who served as the president of the Haitian Senate from 2021 to 2023. Lambert had previously been the president of the Senate from 2006 to 2008 and from 2018 to 2019. He was sanctioned by Canadian and American authorities for his involvement in the global illicit drug trade,corruption,and gross violations of human rights on 4 November 2022.
Rony Célestin is a Haitian politician from the PHTK party. He represents the Centre department. Célestin was sanctioned by the Government of Canada for allegedly supporting illegal activities of armed criminal gangs and the United States Government for abuse of his public position and corrupt activity.
