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Before Boniface Alexandre became the President, he was an honest, competent Supreme Court Chief Justice in a judicial system fraught with corruption. When President Aristide fled the country, he took charge as the President of the country under the constitution. Despite his declaration that he was in charge, Haitian constitution called for approving his appointment by the Parliament. Further, his appointment was unapproved by the legislature because the lawmakers' terms had expired much before in the beginning of that year. Alexandre was raised by his uncle, former Haitian Prime Minister Martial Célestin. He joined Court of Appeals in 1980s and in 1990, became a member of the 12 Supreme Court before he was appointed as the Chief Justice about a decade later.

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Boniface Alexandre was a Haitian President from 2004 to 2006. He removed his predecessor, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, by a Haitian coup d'état in 2004. Boniface Alexandre was the Chief Justice of the Haitian Supreme Court when President Aristide was removed on 29 February 1904. Thus, by virtue of his office Boniface Alexandre was in the normal line of succession to become the President and in fact, he assumed the charge in a brief ceremony within a few hours of President Aristide's resignation. During his presidency, Amnesty International accused his government on misbehavior, maltreatment and extreme untoward use of police force. Alexander was replaced by René Préval in February 2006 presidential election.

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It is interesting to see how two of the most controversial leaders in Haiti manage to have so much in common. In this, I want to refer to Former Haitian Dictator Jean Claude Duvalier and former president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Take a look as the following striking similarities:

1) Both Jean Claude Duvalier & Jean Bertrand Aristide have passionate fanatics

2) Both have been accused of making million by stealing from the government.

3) Both Jean Claude Duvalier and Jean Bertrand Aristide went on exile.

4) Duvalier and Aristide came back from exile within the same year.

5) Duvalier & Aristide were visited at home by Michel Martelly.

6) On February 28, 2013, Jean-Claude Duvalier went to Court. On May 8, 2013, Aristide went to Court.

Does that mean, if one goes to prison, the other would follow?

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Here is a picture of two people who made an important mark in the history of Haiti Former Haitian President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and General Hérard Abraham.

On 6 January 1991, a coup attempt took place during the government of Ertha Pascal-Trouillot. Roger Lafontant, a Tonton Macoute leader under Jean-Claude Duvalier, took over power of the provisional president Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and declared himself president. The army, under the command of General Herard Abraham crushed the incipient coup.
Herard Abraham was in support of the 1986 coup against Jean Claude Duvalier. He then served as foreign minister for the first time under Henri Namphy from 1987 to 1988. He was also acting President of Haïti on March 10, 1990

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Here is a picture of the former Haitian president Dumarsais Estime.

Estipme was born a very poor man in the region of Verrettes. His uncle gave him the chance to move to the capital city of Port-au-Prince where he persued his education. He became a lawyer and briefly practiced law before accepting a teaching job.

Dumarsais Estimé joined Haiti's nationalist movement in 1930

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Born in Marmelade, Haiti Rene Garcia Preval is the son of a Haitian agronomist who has risen to the position of Minister of Agriculture under Paul E. Magloire.

Rene Preval was the Prime Minister of Haiti under the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He married three time. On December 6, 2009 Preval married Elizabeth Delatour

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His legal name was Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte. He was one of those Haitian presidents who died while governing the country.

Cincinnatus Leconte is connected to the history of the independence of Haiti via his great-grandson who was Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The latest is considered as the founding father of Haiti.

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Boniface Alexandre was born on July 31, 1936. He is a Haïtian politician .Boniface Alexandre was a Haïtian politician who served as acting president of Haïti from 2004 to 2006. He got into power, following a 2004 Haitian coup d'etat that removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in office. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and therefore next in the presidential line of succession

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a Picture from the inauguration as Michel Martelly was getting ready to accept the oat of the government, there was a blackout and everyonne was in the dark. This is quite usual in Haiti as many people are use to these blackouts

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a Picture from the inauguration - Michel Martelly who is the New President, The former president Rene Preval and wife Elizabeth Debrosse Delatour as all four were the main people at the inauguration

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