Haiti Prime Minister Dismissed, Replaced by Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé

Published on November 11, 2024

Haiti’s transitional presidential council has sacked the prime minister, Garry Conille, and replaced him with entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. Conille, a development specialist and former UNICEF regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, was only named prime minister at the end of May, but he has failed to improve the country’s chronic law and order situation. Gangs continue to play havoc in much of the country and a nationwide state of emergency was declared in September. The worsening violence has led the transitional council to replace 58-year-old Conille with Fils-Aimé, who it had previously considered for the job....

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