Robert Malval
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Robert Malval was the prime minister of Haïti
from August 30 1993 to November 8 1994.
An industrialist and business leader, Malval was appointed on August 16 1993 by the President-in-exile, Jean-Bertrand Aristide
, who gave Malval the task of reconciling the feuding parties. He defied the Army-backed president, Emile Jonassaint
. In December 1993, he resigned his post and criticized Aristide as an "erratic" figure who was hampering efforts to solve the political crisis.
His predecessor was Marc Bazin; his successor was Smarck Michel.
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...
from August 30 1993 to November 8 1994.
An industrialist and business leader, Malval was appointed on August 16 1993 by the President-in-exile, Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies...
, who gave Malval the task of reconciling the feuding parties. He defied the Army-backed president, Emile Jonassaint
Émile Jonassaint
Émile Jonassaint was a Haïtian Supreme Court Justice and political figure.He served as Haiti's President of the Constituent Assembly during the 1987 Constitution....
. In December 1993, he resigned his post and criticized Aristide as an "erratic" figure who was hampering efforts to solve the political crisis.
His predecessor was Marc Bazin; his successor was Smarck Michel.