Yves Cristalin is a Haitian politician who served as president of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

. Cristalin was born in January 1969 in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...

. He is an economist by training. He was a member of the cabinet of the

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 ...

in 1995. He was a member of the

from

Fanmi Lavalas Fanmi Lavalas (; ''lavalas'' is Haitian Creole for 'avalanche' or 'flood' ) is a social-democratic political party in Haiti. Its leader is former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It has been a powerful force in Haitian politics since 199 ...

from 2000 to 2004. He was the president of the

from 2003 to January 2004. Cristalin was counselor of President

René Préval René Garcia Préval (; 17 January 1943 – 3 March 2017) was a Haitian Politics of Haiti, politician and agronomist who twice was President of Haiti, from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid-2006 to mid-2011. He was also List of Prime ...

in 2009. He was minister of social affairs and labor from 2009 to 2010. He was the presidential candidate of Lavni party in the 2010 elections.

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1969 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Haiti) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Haiti) Government ministers of Haiti Haitian economists Fanmi Lavalas politicians {{Haiti-politician-stub