The
Constitution of Haiti 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
2015–16 Haitian parliamentary election was held. The
February 2016 Haitian presidential election was held following annulment of the
February 2016 Haitian presidential election.
The
Transitional Presidential Council
The Transitional Presidential Council (TPC; ; ) is a temporary body constituted by the Council of Ministers on 12 April 2024 and sworn in at the National Palace on 25 April to exercise the powers and duties of the president of Haiti either unt ...
has been exercising the powers of the presidency since the resignation of
Ariel Henry
Ariel Henry (; born 6 November 1949) is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Haiti, prime minister of Haiti from Assassination of Jovenel Moïse, the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021 until his r ...
. Its mandate to act concludes on 7 February 2026.
History
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
Mirlande Manigat (born Mirlande Hyppolite in Miragoâne, on November 3, 1940) is a Haitian constitutional law professor and candidate in 2010-11 Haitian general election. She is the widow of former president Leslie Manigat and briefly served as Fir ...
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 2015
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
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
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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