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Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, (Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis) Former Prime Minister of Haiti
Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis (born 5 October 1947) is a Haitian political figure who was Prime Minister of Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009. She is 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 Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis was nominated as Prime Minister by President René Préval, after Préval'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.
The British weekly news and international affairs publication The Economist referred to Ms Pierre-Louis in their publication "The World in Figures 2010", writing (quote) Long known as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, Haiti has stumbled from one crisis to another since the Duvalier years.
But under its prime minister, Michèle Pierre-Louis, the country has an opportunity to make substantial and sustainable gains in both economics and politics.
Her domestic achievements are already considerable, holding together a diverse coalition and quelling a determined opposition.
Abroad, she has worked well with international leaders and won some influential friends, including Bill Clinton, a former US president.
The tenure of Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, whose social-activist brother-in-law was assassinated in 1998, may conceivably mark a turning-point in the country's long battle with extreme poverty, bloody confrontation and deep-rooted social injustice
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