Martial Lavaud Célestin was named Prime Minister of Haïti by President Leslie Manigat

Leslie Manigat

Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988.-In education:...

 in March 1988 under the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, and was approved by the Parliament that formed as a result of the January 17, 1988 elections

Haitian presidential election, 1988

General elections were held in Haiti on 17 January 1988, after the Haitian presidential election, 1987 had been cancelled due to an election day massacre of voters either orchestrated or condoned by the Haitian military. The elections were boycotted by most candidates who had contested the previous...

. He was deposed by the coup that took place on June 20 (June 1988 Haitian coup d'état

June 1988 Haitian coup d'état

The June 1988 Haitian coup d'état took place on 20 June 1988, when Henri Namphy overthrew Leslie Manigat. Manigat, who won the military-controlled Haitian presidential election, 1988, had taken office on 7 February....

). He was born in Ganthier

Ganthier

Ganthier is a municipality in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest Department of Haiti.It has 71,261 inhabitants....

and was a lawyer by profession. Célestin died on February 4, 2011.