About this picture: Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis was a Haitian political figure who was Prime Minister of Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009. Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis was Haiti's second female Prime Minister, after Claudette Werleigh, who served from 1995 to 1996.
Pierre-Louis has been the Executive Director of the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation FOKAL, a non-governmental organization financed by George Soros, since 1995. In June 2008 Pierre-Louis was nominated as Prime Minister by President Ren Pr val, after Pr val's two previous nominees were rejected by the Chamber of Deputies.
Her nomination was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 17 July 2008, with 61 votes in favor, one opposed, and 20 abstentions.
It was approved by the Senate on 31 July, with 12 votes in favor, 5 abstentions and none opposed.
Her political programme and government still had to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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