Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort

Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort
Chief of Staff of Haitian Presidency
Assumed office
2012
President Michel Martelly
Personal details
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

Former student of Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Ann 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

Milfort, during a speech in Haiti

Senior Technical Advisor to the Cabinet of Minister for the Status and Rights of Women from 2006 to 2010, she also lent his 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, Ann Milford contributed, as coordinator, 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 was 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.

Other information

Ann Milfort is fluent in Kreyol, French and English.

Ann Milfort is married and has two children.

References

  1. ↑ D'après Vday.org
  2. ↑ Haiti Press Network. "Haïti-politique : une femme chef de cabinet du président Martelly". hpnhaiti.com.
  3. ↑ "Parti haïtien Tèt Kale, le pouvoir se dote d'un « chapeau légal »", Le Nouvelliste, jeudi 16 août 2012 Auteur: Roberson Alphonse http://www.lenouvelliste.com/print.php?newsid=108116
  4. ↑ ""Tèt Kale", est désormais un parti politique.". ayitinews.com (in French). 17 August 2012.
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