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Haiti’s prime minister Ariel Henry officially resigned Thursday as a transitional government is sworn in and a new leader, Michael Patrick Boisvert, will become the country’s interim president. Boisvert, working with a nine-member transitional presidential council, will attempt to quell the gang-fueled turmoil that has taken over Port-au-Prince. Boisvert became Haiti’s minister of economy and finance in 2020, according to a government website.
A ceremony to install the presidential transition council will take place Thursday morning on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. A statement from Henry’s office noted that the ceremony will be hosted at the prime minister’s official office, known as Villa d’Accueil, not the downtown National Palace, which has come under repeated fire from armed gangs in recent days.
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