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Haitian deputies propose Michele Pierre Louis as Prime Minister
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by rahul | July 17, 2008 at 04:13 pm
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Today, Haitian deputies proposed 61 year old economist Michele Pierre Louis as Prime Minister. She is the chief of FOKAL, Haiti's Educational and Cultural Foundation. Pierre Louis was born at Jeremie, Southern Haiti, but lives in Port-au-Prince. She has an extensive social oriented job experience. Two previous Preval nominees to the Prime Minister post did not count with the appropriate support from deputies.
Haitian deputies approve Pierre-Louis for prime minister 17/07/2008 23h12PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Haiti's chamber of deputies voted Thursday to approve the nomination of Michele Pierre-Louis as prime minister, giving hopes of an imminent end to three months of political stalemate. Haiti's senate must now vote on Pierre-Louis's nomination to succeed former prime minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis, who was ousted on April 12 amid riots over skyrocketing food prices. Parliamentary sources said the senate would likely vote next week.
Pierre-Louis, 61, executive director of the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation (FOKAL), is the third candidate to be submitted for the job by President Rene Preval since Alexis quit, after the previous two were rejected by the legislature. The chamber of deputies gave her a 61-1 vote of approval, with around 20 deputies abstaining
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at 18:09 on July 17th, 2008
rahul, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I hadn't heard about this news before I read your post - so thanks!
at 08:28 on July 18th, 2008
rahul, I like this story. It's good stuff.