Haiti on Sunday named a new prime minister two weeks after his predecessor was ousted over rocketing food and fuel prices that sparked violent demonstrations claiming several lives.
President Rene Preval chose Ericq Pierre, 63, a respected Haitian economist with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, to be the country’s prime minister, government sources told AFP.
Pierre, whose nomination must now pass a vote in parliament, would succeed former premier Jacques-Edouard Alexis, who was forced to resign on April 12 after a no-confidence vote followed food riots that killed six people and wounded around 200.
Source – Edmonton Journal
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3 Comments
April 29, 2008 at 1:27 am
Amiss? Surely you mean Amidst? Whoops!
April 29, 2008 at 2:12 am
Yes. You are right and to think I borrowed their headline! and not pick it up. Corrected. Thanks.
April 30, 2008 at 1:26 am
[...] Bajan Global Report has been keeping an eye on the global food shortage and reports that “Haiti on Sunday named a new prime minister two weeks after his predecessor was ousted over rocketing food and fuel prices that sparked violent demonstrations claiming several lives.” [...]