[Iran Press TV] Haitian President Michel Martelly has appointed entrepreneur Daniel-Gerard Rouzier as his prime minister, a member of his cabinet says.
The president had "written to the presidents of the two chambers of parliament to let them know he has chosen Mr. Daniel Rouzier as his prime minister," AFP quoted the unnamed official as saying late on Friday.
Rouzier, who holds a master's degree in accounting, must receive a vote of approval in each of the two chambers of the parliament, which is dominated by the INITE party of former President Rene Preval.
The father of three children, Rouzier runs a number of successful Haitian companies.
President Martelly took the oath of office in a parliamentary meeting room in the capital Port-au-Prince on May 14. It was the first democratic transfer of power from one party to another in the country's turbulent history. |