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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Former president of Haiti, priest (b. )
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃bɛʁtʁɑ̃aʁistid]; born 15 July ) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in before being deposed in a coup d'état.[1][2] As a priest, he taught liberation theology and, as president, he attempted to normalize Afro-Creole culture, including Vodou religion, in Haiti.[3][4][5]
Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in after completing his studies to become a priest.
He became a focal point for the pro-democracy movement, first under Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and then under the military transition regi