Elections in Haïti
Encyclopedia
Elections in Haiti gives information on election
and election results in Haiti
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The current president is René Préval
, who received 51 percent of the votes in the 2005 elections. On April 4, 2011, Michel Joseph Martelly
won the Haitian Presidential elections, according to preliminary results, and is due to be sworn in as the next President of Haiti, if his election is validated by the official results on April 16.
The first elections since the 2004 Haiti rebellion that deposed Jean-Bertrand Aristide
were held in February 2006
.
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
and election results in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
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The current president is René Préval
René Préval
René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was the President of the Republic of Haiti from 14 May 2006 to 14 May 2011. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991.-Early life and...
, who received 51 percent of the votes in the 2005 elections. On April 4, 2011, Michel Joseph Martelly
Sweet Micky
Michel Joseph Martelly , also known by his stage name "Sweet Micky", is a Haitian politician, former musician and businessman, currently the incumbent President of Haiti....
won the Haitian Presidential elections, according to preliminary results, and is due to be sworn in as the next President of Haiti, if his election is validated by the official results on April 16.
The first elections since the 2004 Haiti rebellion that deposed Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies...
were held in February 2006
Haitian elections, 2006
The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006, with turnout of around 60%...
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