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Mayor Of Port-au-Prince
The following is a list of the mayors and leaders of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. List * Thomas-Antoine de Mauduit du Plessis 1787-3 March 1791 * Michel-Joseph Leremboure (1720-1804) 3 March 1791 – 1792: * Bernard Borgella de Pensié 1792 * Paul Jean 1843 (* end of 1800 in Léogâne) * Jules Saint Macary, 13 January 1881, magistrate of Port-au-Prince * Sténio Vincent (1907-1909) * Clément Magloire 1922 to 1930: prefect of Port-au-Prince under Louis Borno (born about 1880, owner of Le Matin (Haiti)) * Raphaël Brouard (1938-1940) * Silvio Cator (1946-) * Nélaton Camille (1952 1955) * Windsor Kléber Laferrière (-1957) * Jean Deeb (1960-) * Franck Romain (-1988) * Carmen Christophe (1988-) * Widner Gérard Vital-Herne, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Christophe
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''Carmen'' has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical Western canon, canon; the "Habanera (aria), Habanera" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of ''opéra comique'' with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
