In 1991, a former priest became Haiti's first democratically elected president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former priest who championed the poor, made history in 1991 when he was sworn in as Haiti's first president chosen through a free and fair democratic election.
After decades of oppressive military rule and the Duvalier dictatorship, Haiti reached a democratic turning point on February 7, 1991. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a charismatic Roman Catholic priest, won a landslide victory by promising to empower the nation's impoverished majority. His inauguration was seen globally as a beacon of hope for democracy in the Caribbean.
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