Paul Denis (Haiti politician)

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Paul Denis (1942/1943 – 11 March 2024) was a Haitian politician. He served as Justice Minister of Haiti from 11 November 2009 to 27 June 2011. He also served as one-third of the Tripartite Council which appointed the seven-member Council of Sages which took power in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Haiti Rebellion which overthrew former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, of whom Denis was a vocal opponent.[1]

The 2010 Haiti earthquake destroyed the Ministry of Justice building and Denis, who was working in his office at the time, was one of several politicians initially reported dead.[2] [3] However, Denis was able to exit the building in time but many of his staffers and advisers were killed.[4]

Before the quake, he had been campaigning in the presidential phase of the 2006 Haitian elections on behalf of the OPL.[5]

Accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021, he was cleared by judge Walter Wesser Voltaire in charge of the investigation. Denis died in Port-Salut on 11 March 2024, at the age of 81.[6]

References

  1. Establishment of the Tripartite Council in Haiti Template:Webarchive, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, 8 March 2004
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  3. Death toll nearly 50,000 in ‘ghost town’ Haiti, ZeeNews.com, 16 January 2010
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