Ariel Henry is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who served as de facto prime minister of Haiti from July 2021 until his resignation in March 2024.
He was appointed to the position by President Jovenel Moïse just two days before Moïse's assassination and took power in its immediate aftermath, governing for nearly three years without a functioning parliament, without elections, and without any democratic mandate beyond international recognition. His tenure coincided with the catastrophic e...
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- 2021-07-07
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse (2021)
assassination-2021 — the event that brought Henry to power