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

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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

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of 7 February 2006, its candidate

Serge Gilles Serge Gilles (5 January 1936 – 1 February 2021) was the leader of the Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats political party. He spent 25 years in overseas exile before returning to Haiti in 1986. He became the leader of the Fusion party in 2005 and ...

won 2,62% of the popular vote. In the 7 February 2006 Senate

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, 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

, the party won 17 out of 99 seats, also second place. It now forms part of the governing coalition under former

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. Formed in 2005 out of the fusion of social-democrats, its core platforms are equality of the genders, promotion of youth, respect for human rights, more accountability for

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, and the rule of law promoting democracy and non-violence. For the 2015 presidential election Beauzile Edmone Supplice was presented as the party's candidate. For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 11 candidates for the Senate and 85 for the Chamber of Deputies.Accepted candidates for deputy

References

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