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- From: Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:09:08 -0500 (CDT)
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From: Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>
The names in red are in my opinion the major candidates with a chance
of going to the second round.
HAITI: LIST OF QUALIFIED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
September 24, 2005
Prepared by Max Blanchet
NAME PARTY
NOTES
#
ARCELIN, Paul Independent, *)
Former ambassador to the DR
ARNAUD, Pierre Independent
ARNOLD, Principal Independent
BAKER, Charles Henry
Independent
Rich industrialist, formerly affiliated with but not currently endorsed
by the Groupe des 184
1
BASILE, Francoeur
Elan Démocratique
BAZIN, Marc Louis Union pour Haïti;Key backers : Mouvement pour
l'Instauration de la Démocratie en Haïti (MIDH) and the Feuillé/Hériveaux
faction of Fanmi Lavalas
Former finance minister under JC Duvalier, PM under military regime,
former planning minister under JB Aristide
2
BELIZAIRE, Déjean
Mouvement National Patriotique du 28 Novembre (MNP-28)
Former senator
3
BELOT, Jacques Ronald
Independent
BOISROND, Jean-Michel
Independent
Director of the National Council of Communications
BORGELLA, Joel
Organisation pour l'Avancement d'Haïti et des Haïtiens (OLAHH)
4
BUTEAU, Jean Hénold
Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale (MRN)
CALIXTE, Guerrier
Independent
CHERESTAL, Jean Marie
Pou Nou Tout (PONT)
Former high official under JC Duvalier, former PM under JB Aristide
CLAUDE, Bonivert
Parti Social Rénové (PSR)
Former head of Haiti's Central Bank
5
CLOTERE, Senatus
Independent
DELPE, Dr. Turneb
Parti National Démocratique Progressiste d'Haïti (PNDPH)
Former senator
DENIS, Arios Martin
Independent
DENIS, Paul
Organisation du Peuple en Lutte (OPL), formerly Organisation Politique
Lavalas
Former Lavalas senator and key player in OPL
6
De RONCERAY, Hubert
Grand Front Centre Droit (GFCD)
Former social affairs minister under JC Duvalier
7
DESTIN, Marc-Antoine
Mouvement pour l'Avancement, le Développement et l'Innovation de la
Démocratie en Haïti (MADIDH)
Former union leader
8
DUPLAN, Joseph Rigaud
Plateforme Justice et Paix pour le Développement National (PJPDN)
Well-known attorney and former head of the bar association in P-au-P,
former minister of finance
9
ELIE, Dupuy
Independent
FLEURINORD, Luc
Independent ( ?)
Former senator
FRANCISQUE, Edouard
Union des Nationalistes Progressistes Haïtiens (UNITE)
Former minister of the economy under JC Duvalier
10
GEORGES, Reynold
Alliance pour la Libération et l'Avancement d'Haïti (ALLAH)
Lawyer, perennial neo-duvalierist presidential candidate
11
GILLES, Louis Gérald
The "authentic branch" of Fanmi Lavalas
Former senator representing Fanmi lavalas
GILLES, Serge
Fusion des Sociaux-démocrates (FUSION); Key Allies: Victor Benoît, Micha
Gaillard and PDCH (Faction Marie-Denise Claude)
Well-known socialist leader, former senator
12
GOURGUE, Gérard
Mouvement de l'Unité Démocratique (MUP) ; key allies : General Avril,
Mrs. Claire Lydie Parent and Jean-Auguste Mésyeux
Well-known human rights lawyer, candidate for president in 1987, former
minister of justice
13
GUILLAUME,
Jean Gilbert
Independent
JEUNE, Chavannes
Union Nationale pour la
Reconstruction d'Haïti (UNCHR)
Protestant minister
14
JOSEPH, Dominique
OCODE
JOSEPH, Volvick Rémy
MOUVMAN KONBIT NASYONAL (MKN)
Neo-duvalierist presidential candidate, former member of the CEP in JBA's
second administration, former minister of health under JC Duvalier
JULIEN, René
Action Démocratique pour Bâtir Haïti (ADEBAH)
Lawyer
15
JUSTIMA, Emmanuel
Action Démocratique
16
LAFORTUNE, Joseph
Independent
MANIGAT, Leslie François
Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP); Key ally:
Cantave's KONAKOM du Renouveau
Well-known political scientist and party leader, served briefly as
president under Namphy in 1988
17
MESADIEU, Luc
Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti (MOCHRENA)
Protestant minister well-connected to Protestant networks
18
MOURRA, Samir Georges
Mobilisation pour le Progrès d'Haïti (MPH)
Scion of a well-known family of Syrian origin, businessman
19
NICOLAS, Evans
Front de l'Union pour la Réconciliation Nationale (FURN)
Leader of URN, a duvalierist party
NICOLAS, José Jacques
Independent
Protestant minister
PAUL, Alexandre Independent
PAUL, Evans (Ka Plim)
Alliance Démocratique
key ally : Claude Roumain of
Generation 2004
Well-known political activist, former mayor of P-au-P, leader of KID
20
PERPIGNAN, Frantz
Parti Démocrate Chrétien Haïtien (PDCH - branche Marie France Claude)
21
PHILIPPE, Guy
Front pour la Libération Nationale
(FLN)
Former army officer and high-ranking officer of Haitian National Police
under Préval/Aristide, led rebellion against Aristide
22
PREVAL, René
Platform ESPOIR backed by ESKANP, Pati Louvri Baryè (PLB), KONPA, KOREGA
and KOZEPEP
Former PM and President under Lavalas, formerly JBAristide's marasa or
twin brother
23
REBU, Himmler Grand Rassemblement pour l'Evolution d'Haïti (GREH)
Former colonel of the Haitian Army (Head of the Leopards), involved in
coup attempt against General Avril in 1989
24
ROMAIN,
Dr. Charles Poisset
Front Civico-Politique Haïtien
(FRONCIPH)
Former government minister and member of the 87 CEP, university professor
25
ROMAIN, Franck François
Camp Patriotique et l'Alliance Haïtienne (PACAPALAH)
Infamous officer of the Haitian army, former mayor of P-au-P under JC
Duvalier, industrialist
26
ROY, Judie C.
Regroupement Patriotique pour le Renouveau Haïtien (REPAREN)
Political activist who spent time in jail under Aristide; the only female
candidate
27
SAINT-LOUIS,
Yves Maret
Party Vert Haïtien
Haitian green party
28
STERLIN, Henri Robert Alliance Démocratique pour la Réconciliation
Nationale (ADRENA)
SYLVAIN, Jean Jacques
Parti des Industriels, Travailleurs, Commerçants, et Agents de
Développement d'Haïti (PITACH)
29
SIMEUS,
Dumarsais Mécène
TET ANSANM
Key Ally: Dr. Blot and Union pour le Développement d'Haïti (UDN)
Rich Haitian-American industrialist
TOUSSAINT, Dany
Mouvement Démocratique et Réformateur Haïtien, (MODEREH) ;
Key ally: Former Fanmi Lavalas Senator Prince Sonson Pierre
Former major of the Haitian army, former Fanmi Lavalas senator, broke
with Aristide in 2003
30
*) Independent candidates need 100,000 signatures to qualify; as for
candidates affiliated with parties, their parties need 5000 signatures to
qualify. To date 67 parties have filed their papers with the electoral board
(CEP). To date only 45 have been certified. The electoral board rejected the
candidates whose names are stricken through.
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