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Description : Prime Minister of Haiti Born 25 November 1955 (age 59)
Assumed office 16 January 2015
President Michel Martelly
Preceded by Florence Duperval Guillaume (Acting)
Political Party: Democratic Alliance Party Spouse(s) Irene Ridore
Location :Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
Overview
Evans Paul, called K-plume (KP), is a Haitian politician and former president of the Democratic United Committee (Komite inite Demokratik, KID). He was elected mayor of Port-au-Prince in the 1990 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide's National Front for Change and Democracy party to power. He made an unsuccessful run for President of Haiti in the 2006 elections under the Democratic Alliance Party banner. He was leader of the Convergence Démocratique prior to the 2004 Haitian coup d'état which overthrew Aristide. On December 25 2014, President Michel Martelly announced via twitter his nomination of Evans Paul as Haiti's new Prime Minister.