Michel Martelly for political office until 2010, when he became a candidate for President of Haiti. After the catastrophic earthquake, Martelly won the Haitian general election, 2010–11 for his party Repons Peyizan ("Farmers' Response Party"), after a run-off against candidate Mirlande Manigat. Martelly had come in third in the first round of the election, until the Organization of American States forced Jude Célestin to withdraw due to alleged fraud. Martelly assumed his position of the President of Haiti on 14 May 2011 after René Préval retired to his home in Marmelade. His election campaign included a promise to reinstate the nation's military,
Jean-Michel Vernhes Paris in 1989 to work until 1993 at the aircraft certification department. In 1993, he became responsible for human resources at the French air navigation service before being nominated President of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 1999. The 18th of May 2011, in addition, he became President of the French Airports ("Union des aéroports français"). Jean-Michel Vernhes Jean-Michel Vernhes (born in 1950 at Mazamet) is a French public servant. He is the current President of French Airports ("Union des aéroports français") and of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. Graduate from "classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles" at (Toulouse) and from the "École nationale de l'aviation civile"