Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide on 14 October 1994.
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| 37th & 39th President of Haiti | |
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In office 7 February 1991 – 29 September 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | René Préval |
| Preceded by | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot |
| Succeeded by | Raoul Cédras |
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In office 15 June 1993 – 12 May 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Robert Malval |
| Preceded by | Marc Bazin |
| Succeeded by | Émile Jonassaint |
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In office 12 October 1994 – 7 February 1996 |
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| Prime Minister |
Smarck Michel Claudette Werleigh |
| Preceded by | Émile Jonassaint |
| Succeeded by | René Préval |
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In office 7 February 2001 – 29 February 2004 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jean Marie Chérestal Yvon Neptune |
| Preceded by | René Préval |
| Succeeded by | Boniface Alexandre |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 July 1953 Port-Salut, Sud Department |
| Nationality | Haitian |
| Political party |
Lavala Political Organization (1991-1996) Fanmi Lavalas (1996-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Trouillot (1996-present) |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Alma mater |
Collège Notre-Dame State University of Haiti University of South Africa |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president.[1][2] A proponent of liberation theology,[3][4] Aristide was appointed to a Roman Catholic parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies to become a priest of the Salesian order. He became a focal point for the pro-democracy movement first under Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and then under the military transition regime which followed. He won the Haitian general election between 1990 and 1991, with 67% of the vote and was briefly president of Haiti, until a September 1991 military coup. The coup regime collapsed in 1994 under US pressure and threat of force (Operation Uphold Democracy). Aristide was then president again from 1994 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2004. However, Aristide was ousted in a 2004 coup d'état, in which one of his former soldiers participated. He accused the United States of orchestrating the coup d'état against him with support from Jamaican prime minister P. J. Patterson, among others.[5] Aristide was later forced into exile in the Central African Republic[5] and South Africa. He finally returned to Haiti in 2011 after seven years in exile.[6]
Publications[edit]
- (With Laura Flynn) Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization, Common Courage Press, 2000.
- Dignity, University of Virginia Press, 1996; translated from Dignité, Éditions du Seuil, 1994.
- Névrose vétéro-testamentaire, Editions du CIDIHCA, 1994.
- Aristide: An Autobiography, Orbis Books, 1993.
- Tout homme est un homme, Éditions du Seuil, 1992.
- Théologie et politique, Editions du CIDIHCA, 1992.
- (With Amy Wilentz) In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti, Orbis Books, 1990.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide
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