Jude Célestin
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Jude Célestin is a Haiti
an politician who was a candidate in the 2010 presidential election
. After an education in Port-au-Prince, Célestin studied mechanical engineering in Switzerland. Before he was nominated as the presidential candidate for President René Préval
's Unity (INITE) party, he was the executive director of the government's construction ministry, the National Center of Equipment.
in first place, with 31.4 percent of the vote. Célestin placed next, with 22.5 percent, and pop singer Michel Martelly took third place with 21.8 percent of the vote. Widespread riots and reports of election fraud followed the announcement of these results. In December, Martelly supporters set fire to the INITE headquarters, located in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétionville
. On February 3, INITE dropped Célestin from the elections. The presidential runoff is set to take place on March 20, 2011, between Manigat and Martelly.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an politician who was a candidate in the 2010 presidential election
Haitian general election, 2010
The Haitian general election, originally scheduled in Haiti for 28 February 2010, was postponed to 28 November. Ten senators and all 99 deputies were to be elected....
. After an education in Port-au-Prince, Célestin studied mechanical engineering in Switzerland. Before he was nominated as the presidential candidate for President René Préval
René Préval
René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was the President of the Republic of Haiti from 14 May 2006 to 14 May 2011. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991.-Early life and...
's Unity (INITE) party, he was the executive director of the government's construction ministry, the National Center of Equipment.
2010 Elections
Célestin entered the race as a political unknown and was considered by the Haitian public as the protege of unpopular President Préval. Préval's administration reportedly spent $5 million on Célestin's campaign. The first round of voting took place on November 28, and preliminary results showed law professor and former first lady Mirlande ManigatMirlande Manigat
Mirlande Manigat is a Haitian politician and candidate in the 2010 presidential election. She is the wife of former president Leslie Manigat.-2010 presidential election:...
in first place, with 31.4 percent of the vote. Célestin placed next, with 22.5 percent, and pop singer Michel Martelly took third place with 21.8 percent of the vote. Widespread riots and reports of election fraud followed the announcement of these results. In December, Martelly supporters set fire to the INITE headquarters, located in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétionville
Pétionville
Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
. On February 3, INITE dropped Célestin from the elections. The presidential runoff is set to take place on March 20, 2011, between Manigat and Martelly.