Jean-Charles Moïse (born 20 April 1967) is a Haitian politician. He is the leader of the Pitit Desalin political party, and was a candidate for

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in 2015, and again in 2016, when the presidential elections were redone. He served 3 consecutive terms as the mayor of Milot, in the north of Haiti, and one term as Senator for the Nord Department. He resigned from the Senate with 2 years left on his mandate in protest to allegedly having been offered a bribe to stop his opposition against then President

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. Prior to the founding of the Pitit Desalin party, Moïse was a member of the

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party.

Biography

Jean-Charles completed his studies at the National School of Milot and the Lycée Philippe Guerrier in

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. He studied accounting science at Adventist University Diquini. He was the mayor of Milot (year unknown) and senator later during his life. He was elected to the

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in 2009. In 2015, he resigned as Senator in order to run for the presidency. He received 14.22% of the popular vote, ranking 3rd, after

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( PHTK) and

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(LAPEH). Politically, Jean-Charles describes himself as a "restorative socialist." He has cited

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and

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as his primary and secondary philosophical and ideological influences, respectively. His political program is based on the three core tenets of sovereignty, solidarity, and prosperity. During the Autumn 2022 wave of protests calling for the resignation of

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and against Henry's request for foreign military invasion to keep him in power, Jean-Charles called on his followers to arm themselves with "machetes to lead the revolution." In March 2024, Moïse Jean-Charles proposed the establishment of a Presidential Council after the support of other parties, following the gang crisis in Haiti.

Deportation from the United States

In January 2022, Jean-Charles was detained in the United States on his way back to Haiti from a visit to Nigeria and held overnight. He was then deported, had his American visa cancelled, and was banned from re-entering the United States for another 5 years. The deportation was allegedly due to Jean-Charles' relationship with

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n leader

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and a meeting he had with

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, a "reputed head of a Venezuelan drug cartel", as well as other "key members of the Venezuelan regime".

Electoral records

Haitian presidential election, 2015:

References

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