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Michel Martelly
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President of Haiti from 2011 to 2016
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Michel Martelly is a Haitian politician and musician born in Port-au-Prince in 1961. He served as the President of Haiti and was a member of the Peasant Response political party. His professional career began in 1988, during which he held the position of President of the Republic.
As a musician, Martelly performs in the konpa genre and is also known by the pseudonym Sweet Micky. He is educated at Miami Dade College and is married to Sophia Saint Rémy Martelly. His work is associated with tags such as zouk and kompa, reflecting his background as a singer-songwriter from Haiti.
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Michel Martelly, better known as "Sweet Micky", was born February 12, 1961, in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, He is a Haitian performing and recording artist, composer, and musical sociopolitical activist. Martelly has served as President of Haiti after winning the presidential election in 2011 until February 7, 2016. He now lives the life he did pre-presidency and still performs music here and there. He also enjoys spending time with his four children and his wife. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/M
Key facts
- Prime minister
- See list Jean-Max Bellerive , Garry Conille , Laurent Lamothe , Florence Duperval Guillaume (acting), Evans Paul
- Preceded by
- René Préval
- Succeeded by
- Evans Paul (acting)
- Born
- Michel Joseph Martelly , ( 1961-02-12 ) 12 February 1961 (age 65) , Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Party
- Repons Peyizan
- Spouses
- Unnamed first wife (until 1986; divorced ) Sophia Martelly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 15 May 1987</span>"}]]}'>1987 )
- Children
- 4, including Olivier
- Website
- Official website
- Genres
- Compas
- Occupations
- Musician composer
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboard
- Years active
- 1988–2011 2016–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Haiti
- Place of birth
- Port-au-Prince
- Occupation
- musician
- Position held
- President of Haiti
- Political party
- Peasant Response
- Genre
- konpa
- Official website
- martellyhaiti.com
- Image
- Michel Martelly on April 20, 2011.jpg
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- Michel Martelly
- date of birth
- 1961-02-12
- name in native language
- Michel Martelly
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- pseudonym
- Sweet Micky
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- Michel Martelly
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Joseph Martelly ( French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ʒozɛf maʁtɛli]; born 12 February 1961) 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.
Martelly was one of Haiti's best-known musicians for over a decade, going by the stage name Sweet Micky. For business and musical reasons, Martelly has moved a number of times between the United States and Haiti. When travelling to the United States, Martelly mostly stays in Florida. After his presidency, Martelly returned to his former band and sang a carnival méringue entitled "Bal Bannann nan" (Give Her the Banana), as a mocking response to Liliane Pierre Paul, a famous Haitian female journalist in Port-au-Prince.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michel Martelly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.