Elections in Haiti gives information on
election
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and election results in
Haiti.
The
Constitution of Haiti
The Constitution of Haiti (french: Constitution d'Haïti, ht, Konstitisyon Ayiti) was modeled after the constitutions of the United States, Poland and France. The latest version of the document was approved by Parliament in March 2011 and came ...
provides for the election of the
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
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,
Parliament
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, and members of local governing bodies.
The current acting president is
Ariel Henry
Ariel Henry (; born 6 November 1949) is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who has served as the acting prime minister of Haiti and the acting president of Haiti since 20 July 2021. He later became involved in a controversy due to his refusa ...
, who succeeded acting president
Claude Joseph, who in turn assumed office following the assassination of
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 ...
in 2021.
2010-2011 elections
The 2010 presidential election took place on 28 November 2010, with a run-off election taking place on 20 March 2011.
No candidate received a majority of the vote cast in the first-round election. A second round was scheduled for 20 March 2011 with the two highest vote-getters,
Mirlande Manigat and
Jude Célestin. Protests claiming fraudulent voting resulted in the electoral commission removing Célestin from the race. This promoted
Martelly from his original third-place finish in the first-round, to face
Manigat in the run-off.
2010 and following
In January 2015, after a series of disputed, unconstitutional, electoral commissions named by President Martelly were rejected by the Parliament, a
Provisional Electoral Council was created to plan the
presidential and
parliamentary
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elections later in 2015.
References
External links
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Adam Carr's Election ArchiveInternational Mission for Monitoring Haitian Elections
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