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Here is a picture of the former candidate for the presidential election of Haiti. Mr. Gerard Gourgue Gourgue. He is a politician , lawyer , activist for human rights, minister, ambassador and teacher.

He studied at the Lycée Alexandre Pétion in Port-au-Prince, then university in Haiti and France. In 1978, in order to fight the abuses of the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier and his Tontons Macoutes , Gourgue established the Haitian Human Rights League.
Gerard Gourgue was named to be part of the National Council of Government (CNG) following the exile of Jean Claude Duvalier. However, within a Month, he had to resign headed by Henri Namphy due to differences

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Jacques Nicolas Léger was born in 1859 in the city of Les Cayes. He was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He received his law degree in Paris, France. His father was a Haitian Senator. In 1881, Jacques Nicolas Léger became secretary of the Haitian legation in Paris, and later, charge d'affaires. In 1896, Jacques was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Haiti at Washington. In 1911, minister of foreign affairs but was recalled by President Oreste Zamor in 1914.

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This picture of Me. Constantin Mayard Paul taken during an interview at Télévision Nationale d'Haiti. He was one of the most eminent men in Haitian law, Mr. Constantin Mayard Paul. He was brilliant in bringing arguments to court and his oratorical skills is second to none.
Some of the highlights of his career include the legal fight he had delivered in the 70s against the interests of Jean Dominique. He died at the age of 78. one of his son, Me Thierry Mayard Paul . Mr. Gervais Charles, mentioned the death of Mr. Constantin Mayard Paul "end of an era."

He described it as an avant-garde and the first professional lawyer of Haiti who has devoted much of his career in business law.

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Here is a picture of both Ira Kurzban and former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He is the attorney for the president and was involved in getting his passport ready for his return. Ira Kurzban traveled to Haiti in February of 2011 to provde the required documentation for the passport

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In this picture taken by Mayor Andre Pierre, he tried to use style as he poses for the picture. He was the second Haitian-American elected in that post

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