Garry Conille - FILE PHOTO
United Nations Development Specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti's new Prime Minister on Tuesday, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position.
The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorise the capital of Port-au-Prince, opening fire in once peaceful neighborhoods and using heavy machinery to demolish several police stations and prisons.
Council member Louis Gérald Gilles told The Associated Press that six out of seven council members with voting power chose Mr Conille.
He said one member was not in Haiti and therefore did not vote.
Mr Conille has been UNICEF's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023 and previously served as Haiti's Prime Minister from October 2011 to May 2012 under then President Michel Martelly.
He replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, who was named interim Prime Minister after Ariel Henry resigned via letter in late April.
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