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  • NAME: Jean-Bertrand Aristide
  • OCCUPATION: World Leader, Priest
  • BIRTH DATE: July 15, 1953 (Age: 58)
  • EDUCATION: University of South Africa
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Port Salut, Haiti
  • Nickname: "little priest"
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a former president of Haiti, a Roman Catholic priest, and a champion for the poor. He was was forced into exile by a coup.

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Jean-Bertrand Aristide, born in 1953, was the first Haitian president democratically elected by the people (1991). He is also a Roman Catholic priest of the Salesian order. A champion for the poor and disenfranchised, he was unpopular with some and survived several assassination attempts. In 2004, Aristide was forced into exile by a U.S. orchestrated coup. He eventually settled in South Africa.

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