André Apaid, Jr. is a businessman in

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known for leading the Group of 184, a coalition which forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power in 2004 through a

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in collaboration with the

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. According to Guy Philippe, Apaid and other businessmen financed and met with Philippe and other leaders of the paramilitaries which took up arms to overthrow Aristide. Apaid is the head of Alpha Industries, one of the largest assembly factories in Haiti, as well as a member of both '' Initiative de la Société Civile'' and ''Fondation Nouvelle Haiti''.

References

"Who's Who in the Haiti Regime"

11 February 2004. * Thomas M. Griffin. ''Center for the Study of Human Rights, Miami School of Law''
Haiti Human Rights Investigation
11–21 November 2004. * Andréa Schmidt and Anthony Fenton. ''Znet''
"Andy Apaid and Us"
19 October 2005. (Contains reference to the Griffin article.) Living people Haitian people of Lebanese descent Year of birth missing (living people) {{Haiti-bio-stub