Muscadin Jean Yves Jason (born May 21, 1964) is a

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and Professor who served as

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Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

, the

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from 2008 to 2012. Jason was Mayor of Port-au-Prince at the time of the city's destruction during the

2010 Haiti earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...

, which left the City Hall and most of the city government buildings in ruins. A member of Rassemblement des Citoyens Patriotes (RCP), Jason previously served as Head of Cabinet of

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ity of Port-au-Prince(June 1995-August 1996)

Training

Jean-Yves Jason has received training in human resource management, as well as in the fields of public administration, finance, anthropology and history. He is a painter, scientific researcher and writer.

Professional activities

Jason has worked in the public and private sectors. He practiced at the National Archives of Haiti, as well as at the Bank of the Haitian Union. Jean-Yves Jason is also the CEO of Kritik Productions, a company that specializes in the production of major art events and the promotion of Haitian art and crafts.

Municipal activities

Jason served on the Port-au-Prince Municipal Administration as an advisor and consultant to Mayor Paul Evans in 1995 and then as Chief of Staff and Director of Administrative Affairs from 1995 to 1997. Since his election as mayor of Port-au-Prince in 2007, he has increased exchanges between the capital and many foreign cities as part of decentralized international cooperation: Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Montevideo (Uruguay), Lamentin (Guadeloupe, France), Milan (Italy), Santiago de Cuba, Baton Rouge (Louisiana, United States) and Mexico (Mexico). Other bilateral exchanges will soon be signed with cities such as Barcelona and Zaragoza in Spain.

The January 2010 earthquake

Since the January 2010 earthquake, Jean-Yves Jason has been trying to coordinate and organize aid from around the world. He travels the world to get help rebuilding the Haitian capital. He was received by

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as part of the Francophonie of which Haiti is a member. He was also received by
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, mayor of Paris. Jean-Yves Jason was also received by the Secretary of State,
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, for a partnership as part of a program to train actors in the Haitian capital in urban, social and economic mastery. He also wants to complete the reconstruction of the historic building of the City Hall completely destroyed, to which will be added large modern buildings (source: official website of the City of Port-au-Prince).

Dismissal by President Martelly
As Jean-Yves Jason's term has come to an end, and following disagreements with the President of the Republic
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 ...
, the latter dismisses the mayor and his city council. By an order dated 23 February 2012, he replaced them with a three-member municipal commission chaired by Gabrielle Hyacinthe, assisted in his duties by Jean-Marie Descorbettes and Junior Gérald Estimé1.

References
Living people Mayors of Port-au-Prince 1964 births {{Haiti-mayor-stub