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Haiti Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
9 departments, (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre,
Grand'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
1 January 1804 (from France)
Independence Day, 1 January (1804)
approved March 1987, suspended June 1988, most articles reinstated March
1989; October 1991, government claims to be observing the Constitution
based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE (since 7 February 1991), ousted in a coup
in September 1991 but, with US military support, returned to power on 15
October 1994; election last held 16 December 1990 (next to be held by
December 1995); results - Rev. Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE 67.5%, Marc BAZIN
14.2%, Louis DEJOIE 4.9%
Prime Minister Smarck MICHEL (since October 1994)
Cabinet; chosen by prime minister in consultation with the president
bicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
elections last held 18 January 1993, widely condemned as illegitimate (next
to be held 25 June 1994); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (27
total) FNCD 12, MIDH-PANPRA 8, PAIN 2, MRN 1, RDNP 1, PNT 1, independent 2
elections last held 16 December 1990, with runoff held 20 January 1991 (next
to be held 25 June 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (83
total) FNCD 27, MIDH-PANPRA 17, PDCH 7, PAIN 6, RDNP 6, MDN 5, PNT 3, MKN 2,
MODELH 2, MRN 1, independents 5, other 2
Court of Appeal (Cour de Cassation)
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Political parties and leaders:
National Front for Change and Democracy (FNCD), Evans PAUL, including
National Cooperative Action Movement (MKN), Volvick Remy JOSEPH; National
Congress of Democratic Movements (CONACOM), Victor BENOIT; Movement for the
Installation of Democracy in Haiti (MIDH), Marc BAZIN; National Progressive
Revolutionary Party (PANPRA), Serge GILLES; National Patriotic Movement of
November 28 (MNP-28), Dejean BELIZAIRE; National Agricultural and Industrial
Party (PAIN), Louis DEJOIE; Movement for National Reconstruction (MRN), Rene
THEODORE; Haitian Christian Democratic Party (PDCH), Joseph DOUZE; Assembly
of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP), Leslie MANIGAT; National Party of
Labor (PNT), Thomas DESULME; Mobilization for National Development (MDN),
Hubert DE RONCERAY; Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti
(MODELH), Francois LATORTUE; Haitian Social Christian Party (PSCH), Gregoire
EUGENE; Movement for the Organization of the Country (MOP), Gesner COMEAU
and Jean MOLIERE; Democratic Unity Confederation (KID), Evans PAUL; National
Lavalas Political Organization (OPL), Gerard PIERRE/CHARLES
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Other political or pressure groups:
Roman Catholic Church; Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH); Federation of
Workers Trade Unions (FOS); Autonomous Haitian Workers (CATH); National
Popular Assembly (APN); Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement and
Progress (FRAPH)
ACCT, ACP, CARICOM (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
IOC, ITU, LAES, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
[1] (202) 332-4090 through 4092
Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador William Lacy SWING
Harry Truman Boulevard, Port-au-Prince
P. O. Box 1761, Port-au-Prince
[509] 22-0354, 22-0368, 22-0200, 22-0612
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white
rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by
flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE
(Union Makes Strength)
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