The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multi-party system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National. National Palace in Port-au-Prince The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prior to its damage in a January 2010 earthquake and its subsequent demolition. Haiti instituted universal suffrage in 1950, but most of its elections have been marred by ballot tampering. The modern successor to the CIA World Factbook. National political parties for Haiti government provided. Since its independence in 1804, Haiti has experienced a tumultuous political history that has profoundly influenced its constitutional development. First colonized by the Spanish and later by the French, the residents of the island began to revolt, claiming their rights to French citizenship and as free men.
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