Déjean Bélizaire Explained

Déjean Bélizaire is a Haitian politician who served as president of the Senate from 1991 to 1993.

Bélizaire was born in 1935^[1] in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite.^[2] He was the head of Haitian Students Union (UNEH) in the late 1950s. He is an engineer, who worked in Algeria and USA before returning to Haiti. He is a former chairman a center-left party Mouvement National Patriotique de 28 Novembre (MNP 28).^[3]

Bélizaire was elected to the Senate in 1990. He was the president of the Senate from 1991 to 31 January 1993. He was the president of the Senate when Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a coup d'état in September 1991.^[4]

In February 2016 Bélizaire was a candidate for the position of a provisional president,^[5] but lost the elections.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lionet . Christian . Haïti: l'année Aristide . L'Harmattan . fr . 1992. 978-2-7384-1250-8 .
2. Book: d'encrier . Mémoire . Entre savoir et démocratie. Les luttes de l'Union nationale des Étudiants haïtiens sous le gouvernement de François Duvalier: Les luttes de l'Union nationale des Étudiants haïtiens sous le gouvernement de François Duvalier . Mémoire d'encrier . fr . 17 June 2013. 978-2-89712-011-5 .
3. Web site: FLASH: Haiti - Dejean Belizaire Joins list of Candidates for President-for-120-days at the last minute . Haiti Politique - Haitian Politics . en.
4. Web site: Haïti - FLASH : 3 candidats en compétition pour le poste de Président Provisoire (Officiel) - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d'Haiti 7/7 . HaitiLibre.com.
5. Web site: Qui va être élu président provisoire par le parlement? . Rezo Nòdwes.