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Chamber Of Deputies (Haiti)
The Chamber of Deputies (french: Chambre des Députés; ht, Chanm Depite) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously 99) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely. In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members. On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source into two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119. Elections history The first bicameral legislature, created under Alexandre Pétion's 1816 revision to the 1806 constitution, formed the Senate as the upper house and the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes as the lower house. The Chamber, which was first elected on 10 February 1817 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Members Of The Parliament Of Haiti
This is a list of the 149 members of the 50th Parliament of Haiti. The Chamber of Deputies is currently defunct as the terms of the representatives elected in the 2015–16 election expired. 10 senators elected in 2016–17 retained their seats until 10 January 2023, and after the expiration of these remaining senators' terms, Haiti has no elected members of either chamber of its Parliament. Senate Artibonite Centre Grand'Anse Nippes Nord Nord-Est Nord-Ouest Ouest Sud Sud-Est Chamber of Deputies Artibonite Centre Grand'Anse Nippes Nord Nord-Est Nord-Ouest Ouest Sud Sud-Est References External links * * Source of data for botsenateanchamber of Deputies {{DEFAULTSORT:National Assembly of Haiti Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanmi Lavalas
Fanmi Lavalas ( en, Lavalas Family, Lavalas is Haitian Creole for ''flood''), is a social-democratic political party in Haiti. Its leader is former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It has been a powerful force in Haitian politics since 1991. Fanmi Lavalas governments advocate a policy of "growth with equity" based on Western European social democratic principles. Fanmi Lavalas governments have emphasised investment in education and health care as their priorities and have refused International Monetary Fund austerity measures. History The term Lavalas and the social movement associated with it, were popularized as part of Jean Bertrand Aristide's election campaign in 1990. The establishment of the Lavalas movement as a formal political party, renamed Fanmi Lavalas, took place in 1996 as a split by Aristide from the Struggling People's Party (OPL) over the question of his resumption of the three years he lost in exile following the 1991 coup Two main reasons for its crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusion Of Haitian Social Democrats
The Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats ( ht, Fizyon Sosyodemokrat Ayiti, ; french: Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtiens, ) —also translated in some sources as ''Union of Haitian Social Democrats''— is a political party in Haiti. History The party was created shortly before the 2006 elections by Serge Gilles, who in 2004 created the Haitian Socialist Grand Party (''Grand Parti Socialiste Haïtien'', GPSH). The GPSH merged with another parties to form the Fusion. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Serge Gilles won 2,62% of the popular vote. In the 7 February 2006 Senate elections, the party won 9.9% of the popular vote and 4 out of 30 Senators, taking second place. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 17 out of 99 seats, also second place. It now forms part of the governing coalition under former Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. Formed in 2005 out of the fusion of social-democrats, its core platf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative League For Haitian Progress And Emancipation
Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (french: Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et L'Émancipation Haïtienne, LAPEH) is a Haitian political party. The party is led by Jude Célestin Jude Célestin (born June 19, 1962 in Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian politician who was one of two presidential candidates heading off to the second round in the 2015 presidential election race. After an education in Port-au-Prince, Célestin stud ..., and holds four seats in the Chamber of Deputies, while holding no seat in the Senate. References 2015 establishments in Haiti Political parties established in 2015 Political parties in Haiti {{Haiti-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic Unity
Patriotic Unity ( ht, Inite Patriyotik, INITE), is a political party in Haiti founded on 28 November 2009. Its dissolution had been claimed by former leading members on 30 April 2019 but was then disputed by the current leadership. Its founder and leader was René Préval, who served as President of Haiti from 2006 to 2011. History The party was created simply as ''Inite'' on 28 November 2009 as a successor of Lespwa, a political platform created by René Préval during his presidential candidacy in 2006. In November 2009 Lespwa was dissolved and merged into the new party, which included some factions from the National Christian Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (''Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d'Haïti''), the Movement for National Reconstruction (''Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale''), the Country Organization Movement (''Mouvement d'Organisation du Pays''), and the Open the Gate Party (''Parti Louvri Barye''). In the 2010 elections Jude Cé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiti In Action
Haiti in Action ( ht, Ayiti an Aksyon, french: Haïti en Action), previously L'Artibonite in Action ( ht, Latibonit an Aksyon, french: L’Artibonite en Action), is a political party in Haiti. In the 7 February 2006 Senate elections the party won 2.7% of the popular vote and two out of 30 Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ..., the party won 5 out of 99 seats. In October 2011, the party received the portfolio for the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Civic Action. For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 4 candidates for the Senate and 36 for the Chamber of Deputies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Struggling People's Organization
The Struggling People's Organization (french: Organisation du peuple en lutte, ht, Òganizasyon Pèp k ap Lite), called until 1996 Lavalas Political Organization (french: Organisation Politique Lavalas, OPL), is a Haitian political party originating from the Lavalas political movement. Formed in 1995, the pro-Aristide Lavalas split from the party in 1996 forming their own Fanmi Lavalas party, at this time the OPL's name was changed from ''Organisation Politique Lavalas'' to its present appellation. This split meant that few of the intelligentsia that had previously supported Jean-Bertrand Aristide ended up in the new Lavalas (or Fanmi Lavalas). The OPL formed a majority of the Haitian Parliament from 1995 to 1997, and named Rosny Smarth as Prime Minister. The OPL was an important supporter of privatization and economic austerity measures, looking to lay off thousands of public sector workers to please international financial institutions. After being declared the losers of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik (KID) is a populist Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against " the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. The term developed ... political party in Haiti which originated in 1986. References {{Haiti-party-stub 1986 establishments in Haiti Populist parties Political parties established in 1986 Political parties in Haiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truth (Haiti)
Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth 2005 In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences. Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood. The concept of truth is discussed and debated in various contexts, including philosophy, art, theology, and science. Most human activities depend upon the concept, where its nature as a concept is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion; these include most of the sciences, law, journalism, and everyday life. Some philosophers view the concept of truth as basic, and unable to be explained in any terms that are more easily understood than the concept of truth itself. Most commonly, truth is viewed as the correspondence of language or thought to a mind-independent world. This is called the correspondence theory of truth. Various theorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haitian Tèt Kale Party
The Haitian Tèt Kale Party (french: Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale, ht, Pati Ayisyen Tèt Kale, PHTK) is a Haitian political party. ''Tèt Kale'' means "Bald Headed" in Haitian Creole. History The party was formally constituted on 16 August 2012. Although then President Michel Martelly was never a member of the party, PHTK had affinities with the government. For the 2015 presidential election, Jovenel Moïse was presented as the party's candidate. For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 11 candidates for the Senate and 99 for the Chamber of Deputies. On the first round of the legislative elections, four PHTK candidates were immediately elected. The party now holds 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two seats in the Senate. The party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moïse, endorsed by country president Michel Martelly, won most votes in the first round in the 2015 presidential election and won the November 2016 Haitian presidential election after the previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
