Déjean Bélizaire is a Haitian politician who served as president of the Senate from 1991 to 1993.[1]
Bélizaire was born in 1935[2] in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite.[1] He was the head of Haitian Students Union (UNEH) in the late 1950s.[2] 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.[1] 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.
References
edit- ^ a b c d'encrier, Mémoire (17 June 2013). 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 (in French). Mémoire d'encrier. ISBN 978-2-89712-011-5.
- ^ a b Lionet, Christian (1992). Haïti: l'année Aristide (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7384-1250-8.
- ^ "FLASH: Haiti - Dejean Belizaire Joins list of Candidates for President-for-120-days at the last minute". Haiti Politique - Haitian Politics.
- ^ "Haïti - FLASH : 3 candidats en compétition pour le poste de Président Provisoire (Officiel) - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d'Haiti 7/7". HaitiLibre.com.
- ^ "Qui va être élu président provisoire par le parlement?". Rezo Nòdwes.
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