Haiti Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Port-au-Prince
geographische Koordinaten: 18 32 N, 72 20 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

1 Januar 1804 (from France)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 1 Januar (1804)

Konstitution

approved März 1987; suspended Juni 1988 with most articles reinstated März 1989; constitutional government ousted in a military coup in September 1991, although in Oktober 1991, military government claimed to be observing the constitution; returned to constitutional rule in Oktober 1994; constitution, while technically in force between 2004-2006, was not enforced; returned to constitutional rule in Mai 2006

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Rene PREVAL (seit dem 14 May 2006)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard ALEXIS (seit dem 30 May 2006); note - on 12 April 2008 ALEXIS was ousted in a no-confidence vote by the Senate over his inability to quell violence associated with the ongoing food crisis
cabinet: Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (may not serve consecutive terms); election last held 7 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011); prime minister appointed by the president, ratified by the National Assembly
election results: Rene PREVAL elected president; percent of vote - Rene PREVAL 51%