Paul Altidor Explained

Paul Getty Altidor is the former ambassador from Haiti to the United States. He served from 2012 until 2019. He was succeeded by Hervé Denis.^[1] He subsequently worked as a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).^[2]

Altidor graduated from Boston College and MIT. He was Vice-President of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and worked in Washington D. C. at the International Finance Corporation, a private sector affiliate of the World Bank Group.^[2]

He attended Barack Obama's inauguration as U.S. president in January 2013.^[3] He appeared on PBS responding to comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump about Haitian immigrants.^[4] He said his father had worked as a taxi driver in Boston.^[4]

See also

• List of ambassadors of Haiti to the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'We keep marching,' recalled ambassador says at his farewell party. The Haitian. Times. March 13, 2019. The Haitian Times.
2. Web site: Paul G. Altidor | National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals. October 19, 2018.
3. Web site: Ambassador Paul Altidor Represents Government of Haiti at Inauguration of U.S. President Obama.
4. Web site: Paul Altidor. PBS NewsHour.