Michel Martelly Michel Martelly Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a former singer who went on to serve as the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He is from Côte-de-fer, a commune located in the South East region of 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
Michel Pélieu Michel Pélieu Michel Pélieu (born 26 June 1946) is a French politician. A member of the Radical Left Party (PRG), Pélieu was elected mayor of Loudenvielle from 1977 to 2011. In 1985, he became general counsel of the canton of Bordères-Louron, in Hautes-Pyrénées. Since the French senate elections in 2001, he has been the deputy of François Fortassin. During the local elections of 2011, he was elected with 70% of votes in the canton of Bordères-Louron and ran for the presidency of the General Council, facing past president Josette Durrieu. After a tight turn, Pélieu became chairman of the General