Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort
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Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort | |
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| Chief of Staff of Haitian Presidency | |
| In office 2012 – 7 February 2016 | |
| President | Michel Martelly |
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| Born | 1973 Belgium |
| Political party | Parti haïtien Tèt Kale |
| Children | 2 |
Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort (French pronunciation: [an valeʁi timɔte milfɔʁ], born 1973 in Belgium),[1] is the cabinet chief of staff of Haiti.[2] She is the current president of Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale (PHTK).[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Former student of Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Milfort has a degree in social sciences and mathematics from collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal during 1991 and 1992. She entered Université de Montréal in 1992, earning a bachelor's degree in economics in 1996. She earned a master's degree from Florida International University in 1997 and a gender and human rights master's degree from Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Policy and Urban Planning in 2005.
Professional and political career
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Senior technical advisor to the Cabinet of Minister for the Status and Rights of Women from 2006 to 2010, she also lent her services as an independent consultant on women's issues for various non-governmental organizations and the Haitian private sector. With the support of the V-Day Foundation, Milfort contributed, as coordinator, to the implementation of the first shelter center run by the State for battered and abused women. Also, she framed and encouraged women to mount grassroots organizations and labored to relieve the suffering of women living with HIV.
After the 2011 elections, she became coordinator of the Office of the First Lady of the Republic. She was then called to the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti (IHRC) as executive director from July 2011 to February 2012. From that date, she successively held the positions of deputy director and director of the President's Office of the Republic of Haiti.
Personal life
[edit]Milfort is fluent in French, Haitian Creole and English. Milfort is married and has two children.
References
[edit]- ^ "D'après Vday.org". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Haïti-politique : une femme chef de cabinet du président Martelly". Haiti Press Network. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Roberson Alphonse (16 August 2012). "Parti haïtien Tèt Kale, le pouvoir se dote d'un 'chapeau légal'". Le Nouvelliste. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "'Tèt Kale' est désormais un parti politique". ayitinews.com (in French). 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.