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2017 in Haiti

overview of Haiti-related events during the year of 2017

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ28868264 ↗
Source-derived summary

Events in the year 2017 in Haiti.

Incumbents

President: Jocelerme Privert (provisional; until 7 February) Jovenel Moïse (from 7 February)

Prime Minister: Enex Jean-Charles (until 21 March), Jack Guy Lafontant (from 21 March)

Events

20 January – second round of the Haitian Senate election, 2016–17

7 February – Jovenel Moïse assumed the position as president.

Deaths

3 March – René Préval, politician, former president (b. 1943).

1 June – Viviane Gauthier, dancer (b.

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The public source identifies “2017 in Haiti” as overview of Haiti-related events during the year of 2017. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Haiti, overview and Haiti-related.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017, 2016, 1943—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Haiti, overview and Haiti-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2017 in Haiti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.