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Leslie Voltaire
Leslie Voltaire (born 11 July 1949) is a Haitian politician and architect serving as the president of the Transitional Presidential Council since October 2024. He previously served in the administrations of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and René Préval and was a candidate for president in the 2010–11 Haitian general election, 2010 election. Biography Voltaire was born on 11 July 1949 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He is a fluent speaker of English, French, Spanish and Haitian Creole. He attended Petit Séminaire Collège Saint-Martial in Port-au-Prince and later studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he received a degree in architecture, and Cornell University in the United States, where he earned a master's degree in urban and regional planning. At Cornell, he was a Fulbright scholar. Voltaire became an expert architect and urban planner, gaining over 40 years of experience. He helped develop several large-scale projects, including a master plan for a low cost housi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transitional Presidential Council
The Transitional Presidential Council (TPC; ; ) is a temporary body constituted on 12 April 2024 and sworn in on 25 April to exercise the powers and duties of the President of Haiti either until an elected president is inaugurated or until 7 February 2026, whichever comes first. Background The gradual disintegration of Haitian state institutions during the Haitian crisis (2018–present), Haitian crisis led to calls for acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step aside and surrender the ''de facto'' head of state functions. The demands were led by Jimmy Chérizier, Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, a former police officer who heads a coalition of Gang war in Haiti, gangs in Haiti, and Guy Philippe, a former senator and convict. Henry was seen as illegitimate since he took over after the 7 July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse, assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and had repeatedly Next Haitian general election, postponed the general elections which he had promised to organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |