Nawoon Marcellus
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Nawoon Marcellus was an elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haïti
from 2001 until 2004. The first Muslim
to hold the position in Haïti, he was formerly affiliated with the now defunct Lavalas
Family political party of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Chamber of Deputies of Haïti
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The upper house of the National Assembly is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has ninety-nine members who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms...
from 2001 until 2004. The first Muslim
Islam in Haiti
The estimated population of Haitian Muslims is about 3000, representing approximately 0.04 percent of the population, although local Muslims claim the actual number is larger, nearing 5000 due to many Muslims that supposedly aren't counted due to inaccessibility or unavailability.Islamic...
to hold the position in Haïti, he was formerly affiliated with the now defunct Lavalas
Lavalas
Lavalas, the Kréyòl word for "avalanche", may refer to:* The Lavalas Political Organization in Haiti, founded in 1991 by Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his supporters, later part of the Struggling People's Party...
Family political party of ex-President 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...
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