Gabriel Bien-Aimé

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Gabriel Bien-Aimé (* in Cap-Haïtien ; † May 15, 2010 in Gonaïves ) was a Haitian Catholic priest , liberation theology , manager and politician .

Life

A native of the north of Haiti Bien-Aimé studied after school Catholic theology and was after his ordination as a priest in the parish of Saint-Gerard in the south of Port-au-Prince worked and there in his community as "Pè Gabi" (Father Gabi ) known. Among other priests like Jean-Bertrand Aristide , Jean-Marie Vincent and Jean-Pierre Louis, he was also involved in the liberation theology dominated movement "Ti Legliz" ( "Little Church" in Haiti, the usual designation of a base community ).

In 1994 he became Director General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs before founding Fondespoir, a microfinance organization , in 2001 .

In June 2006 he was appointed by Prime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis to represent the Organization Politique Lavalas (OPL) as Minister for National Education and Training (Ministre de l'Education nationale et de la formation professionnelle) in his government, which he remained until April 2008 belonged. In this role, he began an extensive reform program with funds from the European Union , which provided for the expansion of teaching positions, classrooms and teaching material. In addition, he wanted to reverse the 80 percent share of education in private schools and 20 percent in public schools. This would have led to an increase in expenditure on education from 8 percent of the state budget in 2008 to 13 percent in the budget year 2009 and a long-term share in the budget of 25 percent annually. In this context he saw his program as promoting “education for all”.

After leaving the government, he became Deputy Chairman of the National Council for Public Finance (Konsey Nasyonal Finansman Popile, KNFP) and a board member of the National Association of Microfinance Institutions (Association Nationale des Institutions de Micro Finance d'Haïti, ANIMH).

Bien-Aimé, who died on May 15, 2010 of complications from a myocardial infarction , was considered a possible candidate in the next presidential election.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Gabriel Bien-Aimé est mort . In: Le Nouvelliste , May 17, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Bien-Aimé, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Haitian politician and financial manager
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Cap-Haïtien
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 2010
Place of death Gonaives