| Boniface Alexandre | |
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| 54th President of Haiti | |
| In office February 29, 2004 – May 14, 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Yvon Neptune Gérard Latortue |
| Preceded by | Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
| Succeeded by | René Préval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1936 |
Boniface Alexandre (born 31 July 1936) is a politician in Haïti. He served as acting president of Haïti from 2004 to 2006. The 2004 Haitian coup d'état removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from the Americas on February 29, 2004. Following this, Alexandre, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and therefore next in the presidential line of succession, assumed the office of president. During Alexandre's acting presidency, Amnesty International reported "excessive use of force by police officers", extrajudicial executions, a lack of investigations into these, escalation of "unlawful killings and kidnappings by illegal armed groups", failure of officials to prevent and punish violence against women, dysfunctionality of the justice system, and forty or more people imprisoned without charge or trial.[1]
Alexandre left office on May 14, 2006, when René Préval, winner of the February 2006 presidential election, was sworn in as president.
| Preceded by Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
President of Haïti 2004–2006 |
Succeeded by René Préval |
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