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Bill Clinton increases involvement in Haiti
Port-Au-Prince, Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Thursday became head of an advisory panel on investment and development issues to Haitian President Michel Martelly, according to reports reaching here.
Clinton, who is also co-president of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) together with Haiti's outgoing Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, was named head of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development and Investment.
In a statement, Martelly's press office said he had established the advisory council to boost Haiti's economy and promote job creation.
The council, which grouped former heads of state from Haiti's friendly countries, important businessmen, eminent figures and technicians, sought to boost investments in the country to accelerate its economic development, the statement said.
Clinton first became involved with Haiti shortly after taking office in 1993. In October 1994, he authorized to send 20,000 marines to the Caribbean island to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president after a military coup.
Clinton was also appointed as the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti following the massive earthquake in January 2010 which killed at least 230,000 people and devastated the impoverished island.
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