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26590: HAITI: LIST OF QUALIFIED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES -- Nov. 11 (fwd)
Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>
HAITI: LIST OF QUALIFIED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
November 14, 2005
Prepared by Max Blanchet
NAME PARTY NOTES #
BAKER, Charles Henry Independent
Key Allies: Evans Lescouflair and Chavanne Jean-Baptiste of KOMBA, Desrouleaux
of RESPE and PAIN Rich industrialist, formerly affiliated with but not
currently endorsed by the Groupe des 184
1
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
BORGELLA, Joel Organisation pour l?Avancement d?Haïti et des Haïtiens (OLAHH)
4
BUTEAU, Jean Hénold Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale (MRN)
5
CHERESTAL, Jean Marie Pou Nou Tout (PONT);
probably has the backing of certain sectors of Fanmi Lavalas Former high
official under JC Duvalier, former PM under JB Aristide
6
CLAUDE, Bonivert Parti Social Rénové (PSR) Former head of Haiti?s
Central Bank
7
DELPE, Dr. Turneb Parti National Démocratique Progressiste d?Haïti
(PNDPH) Former senator
8
DENIS, Paul Organisation du Peuple en Lutte (OPL), formerly Organisation
Politique Lavalas Former Lavalas senator and key player in OPL
9
De RONCERAY, Hubert Grand Front Centre Droit (GFCD) Former social affairs
minister under JC Duvalier
10
DESTIN, Marc-Antoine Mouvement pour l?Avancement, le Développement et
l?Innovation de la Démocratie en Haïti (MADIDH) Former union leader
11
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
12
FLEURINORD, Luc Independent Former senator 13
FRANCISQUE, Edouard Union des Nationalistes Progressistes Haïtiens (UNITE)
Former minister of the economy under JC Duvalier
14
GEORGES, Reynold Alliance pour la Libération et l?Avancement d?Haïti
(ALLAH) Lawyer, perennial neo-duvalierist presidential candidate
15
GILLES, Serge Fusion des Sociaux-démocrates (FUSION)
Key Allies: Victor Benoît, Micha Gaillard and PDCH (Faction Marie-Denise
Claude); probably has the support of the Socialist International Well-
known socialist leader, former senator
16
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
17
JEUNE, Jean Chavannes Union Nationale pour la
Reconstruction d?Haïti (UNCHR) Protestant minister
18
JULIEN, René Action Démocratique pour Bâtir Haïti (ADEBAH) Lawyer
19
JUSTIMA, Emmanuel Action Démocratique 20
LIBERUS, Raoul 21
MANIGAT,
Leslie François Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP)
Key ally: Cantave?s KONAKOM du Renouveau ; probably has the support of
Christian democratic parties and groups in Latin America and Europe Well-
known political scientist and party leader, served briefly as president under
Namphy in 1988
22
MESADIEU, Luc Mouvement Chrétien pour une
Nouvelle Haïti (MOCHRENA); probably has the support of evangelical churches
and groups in Haiti and the US Protestant minister well-connected to
Protestant networks
23
NICOLAS, Evans Front de l?Union pour la Réconciliation Nationale (FURN)
Leader of URN, a duvalierist party
24
PAUL, Evans (Ka Plim) Alliance Démocratique
key ally : Claude Roumain of
Generation 2004; probably has the support of L. Fernandez?s Partido de la
Liberación Dominicana (PLD) Well-known political activist, former mayor of
P-au-P, leader of KID
25
PERPIGNAN, Frantz Parti Démocrate Chrétien Haïtien (PDCH ? branche Marie
France Claude)
26
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
27
PREVAL, René Garcia Platform ESPOIR backed by ESKANP, Pati Louvri Baryè
(PLB), KONPA, KOREGA and KOZEPEP and certain grassroots sectors of Fanmi
Lavalas such as Mouvman Peyizan Milo under Moïse Jean-Charles Former PM and
President under Lavalas, formerly JBAristide?s marasa or twin brother
28
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
29
ROMAIN,
Dr. Charles Poisset Front Civico-Politique Haïtien
(FRONCIPH) Former government minister and member of the 87 CEP,
university professor
30
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
31
ROY, Marie Judie C. Regroupement Patriotique pour le Renouveau Haïtien
(REPAREN) Political activist who spent time in jail under Aristide; the
only female candidate
32
SAINT-LOUIS,
Yves Marais Parti Vert Haïtien
Haitian green party
33
SYLVAIN, Jean Jacques Parti des Industriels, Travailleurs, Commerçants, et
Agents de Développement d?Haïti (PITACH)
34
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