Haiti’s newly installed transitional presidential council has chosen former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country’s prime minister as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence.
a man carries dry cleaning past an armored police vehicle in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Sunday, April 28, 2024. A man transports wreaths on the back of a motorcycle cab in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Sunday, April 28, 2024. A youth stands beside a woman lying in front of a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Sunday, April 28, 2024. a man carries dry cleaning past an armored police vehicle in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , Sunday, April 28, 2024.
Belizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance who was the current interim prime minister. The nine-member transitional council, seven of whom have voting rights, is choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet in a bid to help quell gang violence that is choking the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond.
Belizaire had the support of four of the voting members. After announcing his appointment, the council went back behind closed doors to discuss the Cabinet.
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