Michel Martelly construction and briefly attended a community college in Miami. In 1986, after one semester, he returned to Haiti just as Jean-Claude Duvalier, then president-for-life, was heading into exile. In 1987, Martelly returned to Miami with his then-girlfriend, Sophia Saint-Rémy, whom he later married in a small ceremony in Miami, Florida. They returned to Haiti in 1988. Upon his return to Haiti, Martelly had his first breakthrough in the music industry when he began playing keyboard as a fill-in musician in local venues in Pétion-Ville and Kenscoff, upscale suburbs of Port-au-Prince. Martelly "sang playful, romantic numbers over a slow méringue beat
Choiseul Henriquez Choiseul Henriquez Choiseul Henriquez (died November 11, 2011) was a Haitian politician and journalist. Haitian President Michel Martelly appointed Henriquez as the country's Minister of Culture and Communication, but Henriquez died before taking office. Henriquez began his career as a journalist. He worked as a press secretary within the administration of former Haitian President René Préval from 1996 to 2001. He held a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in communications from Canadian universities. President Martelly appointed Henriquez as his Minister of Culture and Communication in 2011. Unfortunately, Henriquez fell ill and was hospitalized before his proposed