991 but, with US military
support, returned to power on 15 October 1994; election last held 16
December 1990 (next to be held by December 1995); results - Rev.
Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE 67.5%, Marc BAZIN 14.2%, Louis DEJOIE 4.9%
head of government: Prime Minister Smarck MICHEL (since October 1994)
cabinet: Cabinet; chosen by prime minister in consultation with the
president

Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
Senate: elections last held 18 January 1993, widely condemned as
illegitimate (next to be held 25 June 1994); results - percent of vote
by party NA; seats - (27 total) FNCD 12, MIDH-PANPRA 8, PAIN 2, MRN 1,
RDNP 1, PNT 1, independent 2
Chamber of Deputies: elections last held 16 December 1990, with runoff
held 20 January 1991 (next to be held 25 June 1995); results - percent
of vote by party NA; seats - (83 total) FNCD 27, MIDH-PANPRA 17, PDCH
7, PAIN 6, RDNP 6, MDN 5, PNT 3, MKN 2, MODELH 2, MRN 1, independents
5, other 2

Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour de Cassation)

Political parties and leaders: National Front for Change and Democracy
(FNCD), Evans PAUL, including National Cooperative Action Movement
(MKN), Volvick Remy JOSEPH; National Congress of Democratic Movements
(CONACOM), Victor BENOIT; Movement for the Installation of Democracy
in Haiti (MIDH), Marc BAZIN; National Progressive Revolutionary Party
(PANPRA), Serge GILLES; National Patriotic Movement of November 28
(MNP-28), Dejean BELIZAIRE; National Agricultural and Industrial Party
(PAIN), Louis DEJOIE; Movement for National Reconstruction (MRN), Rene
THEODORE; Haitian Christian Democratic Party (PDCH), Joseph DOUZE;
Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP), Leslie MANIGAT;
National Party of Labor (PNT), Thomas DESULME; Mobilization for
National Development (MDN), Hubert DE RONCERAY; Democratic Movement
for the Liberation of Haiti (MODELH), Francois LATORTUE; Haitian
Social Christian Party (PSCH), Gregoire EUGENE; Movement for the
Organization of the Country (MOP), Gesner COMEAU and Jean MOLIERE;
Democratic Unity Confederation (KID), Evans PAUL; National Lavalas
Political Organization (OPL), Gerard PIERRE/CHARLES

Other political or pressure groups: Roman Catholic Church;
Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH); Federation of Workers Trade
Unions (FOS); Autonomous Haitian Workers (CATH); National Popular
Assembly (APN); Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement