Indirect presidential elections were held in
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 archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
on 13-14 February 2016 following the annulment of the results of the
2015–16 elections by the
Provisional Electoral Council
The Provisional Electoral Council ( French: ''Conseil Électoral Provisoire'', , CEP; Haitian Creole: ''Konsèy Elektoral Pwovizwa'') was the electoral commission of Haiti. The body had the sole agency responsible for presidential elections and ...
,
[Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months]
Reuters (via Business Insider), 6 June 2016. Archived 6 August 2016. and after the incumbent president
Michel Martelly
Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations ...
resigned the presidency on 10 February 2016, leaving Haiti without a president. The members of the National Assembly voted for the provisional President on 13 February 2016 in the first round and on 14 February in the second round.
Jocelerme Privert
Jocelerme Privert (; born 1 February 1953) is a Haitian accountant and bureaucrat who served as the interim President of Haiti from 2016 to 2017.
Political career
Early political career
A longtime politician, he first served as the economics ...
of
Inite
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 ...
was elected provisional President to serve until the conclusion of the
2016–17 elections. Under a multi-party agreement, Privert was supposed to oversee these elections and hand power to an elected successor within 120 days, by 14 June 2016, though electoral deadlines were missed.
[ Following allegations of fraud in the 2015 elections, Privert created a month-long verification commission to restore legitimacy to the electoral process. In May 2016, the commission audited about 13,000 ballots and determined that the elections had been dishonest and recommended a complete rerun of the election.]Jovenel Moïse
Jovenel Moïse (; ; 26 June 1968 – 7 July 2021) was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician, who served as the 43rd President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021. He was sworn in as president in February 2017 after winning the ...
was a clear winner in the first round. In the end, Privert continued in office as provisional President until 7 February 2017.
Results
References
2016
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2016 in Haiti
2016 elections in the Caribbean
February 2016 events in North America
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