Presidential inauguration:
Date set by the 1987 Constitution for the investiture of elected presidents. At this
Today, Haiti has had 5 investitures to this date: François Leslie Manigat in 1988,
Jean Bertrand Aristide elected and invested twice, 1991 and 2001, René Garcia Préval, in
1996, Haiti in 2017.
1914. Arrival in the capital of Emmanuel Oreste-Zamor at the head of his army:
Proclaimed on February 2, 1914 as head of the executive branch by the generals of his army
said to be revolutionary, he made a highly noted entry into Port-au-Prince. The
The next day, the Assembly made him president of the Republic of Haiti for a
seven-year period. His government lasted only 8 months and 19 days.
1957. Appointment of Franck Sylvain as provisional president of Haiti:
After an anguished wait of five days, the legislative body gathered in Assembly
national ... ends up electing Mr. Frank Sylvain, provisional president of Haiti... The people
from Port-au-Prince... acclaims the new president" (Armand, Pierre. The army and the
events of 1957, p.
Forced to resign on 2 April, he was replaced by a Council of 15
members appointed "Executive Council of Government".
1986. End of the presidency of Jean-Claude Duvalier:
President of 1971 and successor to his father, François Duvalier, Jean-Claude
Duvalier, abandoned by the Americans, decided to give up power and fled
from the country on board an Air Force plane made available to him by the government of
Ronald Reagan. He took care, however, to create a government council
provisional chaired by General Henri Namphy.
In his farewell note, he declared: "Wishing to enter history with my head held high, the
With a clear conscience, I decided to pass on the fate of the nation, power to
Armed Forces of Haiti. His exile in France lasted nearly 25 years. On January 16, 2011, he returned to Haiti without being
to be announced.
2021. Alleged coup attempt.
Today, the government announced that it had foiled a pr