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Joseph Michel Martelly
Michel Joseph Martelly is a Haitian musician and politician who served as the 47th president of Haiti from 2011 until his resignation in 2016. On 20 August 2024, the United States sanctioned him for trafficking drugs, in particular, cocaine, into the United States, and for sponsoring several gangs based in Haiti.
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politics · President of Haiti from 2011 to 2016 · politician · musician · singer-songwriter · also Joseph Michel Martelly, Michel Martelly, Sweet Micky, Martelly
Born 12 February 1961 · Q57512
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s military. This plan was controversial as many human rights activists were concerned about the return of a military responsible for many atrocities in the past. In September 2011, Martelly formed an advisory board that included business executives, bankers, and politicians such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which he hoped would improve the economy. In February 2012, Martelly
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Career landmark: President of Haiti (2011–2016).
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2026· 1 entry
2015· 1 entry
Pras of the Fugees completed a documentary entitled Sweet Micky for President and directed by Ben Patterson
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2011· 3 entries
“s military. This plan was controversial as many human rights activists were concerned about the return of a military responsible for many atrocities in the past. In September 2011, Martelly formed an advisory board that included business executives, bankers, and politicians such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, which he hoped would improve the economy. In February 2012, Martelly”
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Career landmark: President of Haiti (2011–2016).
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Marked the beginning of a "form of legal banditry" and constitutes a key step in the process of decay of the Haitian state
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2006· 1 entry
Martelly announced his unofficial retirement from recording and performing, but two years later announced a return to music with a new single, Magouyè, and the video/short film, "Bandi Legal yo ki rive"
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2004· 1 entry
Following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état against Aristide, Gérard Latortue, a friend of Martelly's, became prime minister
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1997· 3 entries
Martelly's crossover appeal to other musical genres was evident when hip hop star, Wyclef Jean of The Fugees featured him on the title track for Jean's solo effort Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival featuring the Refugee
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Martelly released an album containing one of his most celebrated hits, Pa Manyen ("Don't Touch")
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Martelly participated in "Knowledge Is Power", an HIV educational music video with a message about preventing the spread of HIV
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1995· 1 entry
After Aristide had been restored to office, Martelly's name appeared on a hit list of coup supporters, and he stayed away from Haiti for almost a year
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1992· 1 entry
Martelly played for free at a protest against the arrival of a UN representative charged with negotiating the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état
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1987· 1 entry
Martelly returned to Miami with his then-girlfriend, Sophia Saint-Rémy, whom he later married in a small ceremony in Miami, Florida
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1986· 1 entry
After one semester, he divorced his first wife, an American citizen, and returned to Haiti just as Jean-Claude Duvalier, then president-for-life, was heading into exile
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1984· 1 entry
Moved to the United States and worked in construction and briefly attended a community college in Miami
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-02-12.
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