Michel Martelly in a run-off election scheduled for 20 March 2011. On 4 April 2011, a senior official announced that Martelly had won the presidential run-off election against candidate Mirlande Manigat with more than 60% of the vote. In 2015 an award-winning feature documentary, Sweet Micky for President was released. The film intimately chronicles Martelly's campaign journey as told through one of his first supporters, Pras Michel of the Fugees. The film was directed by Ben Patterson and released on Showtime After the devastating earthquake, Martelly was sworn in as President of Haiti on 14 May 2011, marking the first time in
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