Updated New Haiti leader with international backing to take charge
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse.
Ariel Henry, who was designated prime minister by Moïse before he was slain but never sworn in, will replace the country’s interim prime minister, Haiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press.
It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly Claude Joseph, who has been leading Haiti with the backing of police and the military since the July 7 assassination of Moïse, would step down.
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Supporters of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide celebrated his return from medical treatment in Cuba (AFP via Getty Images)
It did not take very long.
Two days after a group of key foreign nations – their involvement arising after the assassination of the nation’s president earlier this month – announced at the weekend it supported Ariel Henry as Haiti’s next prime minister, Claude Joseph, the man currently holding the position, said he would stand aside. Neither had been elected.
“Everyone who knows me, knows that I am not interested in this battle, or in any kind of power grab,” Joseph told the
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New Haiti leader to take charge
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse.
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Haiti s interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 16, 2021, the week after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse.
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Haiti s interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, the week after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïses on July 7. associated press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday – a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse.
Ariel Henry, who was designated prime minister by Moïse before he was slain but never sworn in, will replace the country’s interim prime minister, Haiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press.
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New Haiti leader with international backing to take charge
Haiti interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a news conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 16, 2021, the week after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
Published July 20. 2021 12:05AM
By DÁNICA COTO
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse.