Edgard Leblanc Fils (born 18 August 1955)Haiti - FLASH : The CPT has a designated and unelected President and a contested Prime Minister (Video) is a Haitian civil engineer and politician who served as the 1st chairman of the Transitional Presidential Council from April to October 2024. A member of the Struggling People's Organization, he previously served as president of the Senate from 1995 to 2000. Leblanc has led the party since 2004.
Provisional government Following President Michel Martelly's resignation on 10 February 2016, he finished second to Jocelerme Privert in the second round of the indirect provisional presidential election in February 2016 (in which only the National Assembly voted).
Edgard Leblanc was one of six people named as a potential prime minister, but Fritz Jean ended up getting the nod.
During a 2024 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Leblanc called for reparations to Haiti and denounced the Springfield pet-eating hoax. A clip of the speech went viral online, showing him drinking water directly from a pitcher, and the presidency was forced to apologize.
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