Smarck Michel | |
Order: | 6th |
Office: | Prime Minister of Haiti |
Term Start: | November 8, 1994 |
Term End: | November 7, 1995 |
President: | Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
Predecessor: | Robert Malval |
Successor: | Claudette Werleigh |
Office2: | Minister of Commerce |
President2: | Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
Primeminister2: | René Préval |
Term Start2: | February 19, 1991 |
Term End2: | June 14, 1991 |
Predecessor2: | Jean Mainville |
Successor2: | Jean-François Chamblain |
Birth Name: | Georges Jean-Jacques Smarck Michel |
Birth Date: | 1937 3, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Saint-Marc, Haiti |
Death Date: | September 1, 2012 (aged 75) |
Death Place: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Nationality: | Haitian |
Residence: | Port-au-Prince |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Georges Jean-Jacques Smarck Michel or Smarck Michel (March 29, 1937 - September 1, 2012[1]) was appointed prime minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16, 1995.[2] Smarck was President Aristide's third prime minister, and the first to be named after the President's return from exile.
Michel was born in St. Marc to a military family and completed his post-secondary studies (business administration) in the United States.[3]
Prior to politics Michel was a businessman running a grocery store and ran his family bakery.[3]
His political career began as Minister of Commerce and ended after his Prime Ministership.
Married to wife Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin, with whom he had a son Kenneth and daughters Patricia and Marjorie Michel. Michel died near Port-au-Prince from brain tumour at age 75.[3]