Michel Martelly — known throughout his career as "Sweet Micky" — was a popular kompa musician before becoming Haiti's president from 2011 to 2016.
His presidency represented a decisive break from the Lavalas era: anti-Lavalas in orientation, backed by the United States in the post-earthquake political environment, and the vehicle through which the PHTK (Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale) established dominance over Haitian formal politics for a decade.
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- 2004-02-29
2004 Coup Haiti
coup-haiti — the coup whose anti-Lavalas logic his presidency extended and institutionalized
- 2010
Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Haiti
earthquake-reconstruction-haiti — the dominant framework of his presidency
- 2010-01-12
2010 Earthquake
earthquake — the structural context of his election; post-earthquake politics produced him
- 2021-07-07
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse (2021)
assassination-2021