Robert Malval (born 11 July 1943 in

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) is the former prime minister of

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. He served from 30 August 1993 to 8 November 1994. He was preceded by

Marc Bazin Marc Louis Bazin (; March 6, 1932 – June 16, 2010) was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was prime minister of Haiti appointed ...

and was succeeded by Smarck Michel.

Personal life

Malval was born on 11 July 1943 in

. He is of Lebanese heritage on his mother's side. He attended high school and university in the United States, earning a degree in political science from the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...

, before moving to Paris for graduate work in international affairs. Prior to entering politics, he worked in his father-in-law's printing business before starting his own company.

Political career

Malval was appointed on 16 August 1993 by President-in-exile

Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide (; born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1991 before being deposed in a coup d'état. As a priest, he taught liberation theo ...

, who tasked Malval with reconciling the feuding parties. He defied the Army-backed president, Émile Jonassaint, by demanding state workers disregard Jonassaint's orders. In December 1993, he resigned his post and criticized Aristide as an "erratic" figure who was hampering efforts to solve the political crisis.

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