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Pouvoir exécutif: chef d'état (Président): Président Rene PREVAL (depuis 14 May 2006)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard ALEXIS (depuis 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%
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Mai 16, 2008
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