Jean Chavannes Jeune is a

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an Christian leader, pastor and evangelist, who was a candidate for president in the

2006 Haitian general election General elections were held in Haiti on 7 February 2006 to elect the replacements for the interim government of Gérard Latortue, which had been put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion. The elections were delayed four times, having originall ...

for the

Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti The Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (''Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d'Haïti'') is a political party in Haiti. In the 2006 Haitian elections, presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate J ...

. He finished in fourth position. He was a Vice President of Haiti in 1988–89.

Early life and education

Born in Haiti on December 29, 1953, Chavannes Jeune grew up in an evangelistic household. His father Pastor Beauvil Jeune was a pioneer of the Mission Evangelique Baptiste du Sud d'Haiti (MEBSH). During a

Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a religious term usually used to represent a week long event in the summer. History The origins of Vacation Bible School can be traced back to Hopedale, Illinois in 1894. Sunday school teacher D. T. Miles, who also ...

at age seven, Chavannes made his own personal commitment to Christ, followed by baptism at fourteen. In 1983, he studied development and communications at Chicago Wheaton College. His postdoctoral studies were dedicated to theology, sociology and development administration at Columbia Bible School in North Carolina.

Religious activity

Jeune served as the national leader for the MEBSH (Mission Evangélique Baptiste du Sud d'Haïti). He also was a leader of HAVIDEC (Haiti's Vision for the Third Century), an evangelical social organization. Jeune was elected as the leader of Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti in 2005 and was its presidential candidate for the 2006 elections. He announced his candidacy for president in his hometown of Les Cayes on Wednesday, August 10, 2005. He is one of the advisor of Haiti's President Joseph Michel Martelly.

Political career

Jeune served as Vice President of Haiti for thirteen months in 1988–89.

Personal life

Jeune is married to Marie Lucie Carisma (a Business Administration specialist) with whom he was 4 children (3 sons and 1 daughter).

References

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