Cholzer Chancy
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 January 2016 – 11 January 2018
Preceded byStevenson Jacques Timoléon
Succeeded byGary Bodeau
Personal details
Born (1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 56)
Ennery, Artibonite, Haiti
Political partyAAA

Cholzer Chancy (born 16 February 1967) is a Haitian politician. He was Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies between 11 January 2016 and 11 January 2018. He is a member of the political party Haiti in Action.

Career

Chancy was born on 16 February 1967 in Ennery, Artibonite.[1] His parents were both farmers and Chancy aspired a career in agriculture. Chancy did however not manage to enter the faculty of agriculture at university and instead went to the l'Institut national d'administration, de gestion et des hautes études internationales (INAGHEI) in 1991. After studying Chancy became a businessman and owned a Texaco petrol station.[2]

Chancy ran as a candidate of the party l'espace de concertation for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2000 parliamentary elections, he however retracted his candidacy for the second round. He was elected in the 2006 elections for the party Haiti in Action. Chancy was re-elected in the 2010 elections.[2] During this term he served as president of the Finance commission.[3]

On 11 January 2016, Chancy won the election of Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, he obtained 46 votes while his opponent Jerry Tardieu of Plateforme Vérité obtained 44 votes.[4][5] After his election Chancy was involved in seeking a solution to the political crisis in Haiti that occurred after the Presidential term of Michel Martelly had expired, and no new president was elected yet.[6] After a vote in the Chamber of Deputies on 14 February Chancy declared Jocelerme Privert acting president.[7]

In January 2017 Chancy was reelected as Speaker.[8] He was succeeded as Speaker by Gary Bodeau on 11 January 2018.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Chancy Cholzer" (in French). Parliament of Haiti. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Claude Gilles (9 May 2012). "Cholzer Chancy, plus entrepreneur que politique" (in French). Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ Yvince Hilaire (15 January 2016). "Cholzer Chancy, le président de la Chambre basse, se prononce sur des dossiers brûlants" (in French). Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ Jean Michel Cadet (12 January 2016). "Cholzer Chancy élu président de la Chambre des députés" (in French). Le National. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ^ Yvince Hilaire (11 January 2016). "Les députés élisent Cholzer Chancy à la présidence de la Chambre basse" (in French). Le Nouvelliste. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Haiti crisis: Agreement reached to avoid power vacuum". BBC News. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Interim President is chosen in Haiti". Newsweek. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Haïti/Politique : Cholzer Chancy réélu Président de la Chambre des Députés" (in French). Vant Bèf Info. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Gary Bodeau elected President". Haiti Libre. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018.
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