2021 in Haiti

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See also:	Other events of 2021; Timeline of Haitian history;

Events in the year 2021 in Haiti.

Incumbents

January 14 – Hundreds demonstrate in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Jacmel, Saint-Marc, and Gonaives against President Jovenel Moïse. Most of the demonstrations are peaceful, but some violence is reported.[1]
February 1 – President Jovenel Moïse says he will stay on until February 22 and urges people to support proposed Constitutional amendments. Opposition leaders step up demands he step down and a transportation strike cripples the country.[2]
February 7 – Justice Minister Rockefeller Vincent says that a planned assassination of President Moïse and an attempted coup d'état were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested.[3]
February 8 – Judge Joseph Mecene Jean-Louis, 72, is named to lead the opposition to President Moïse.[4]

January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.[5]
January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.[5]
February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras.[5]
October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti′s first leader.[5]
November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.[5]

4 February –Pierre-Antoine Paulo, 76, Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2001–2008) and Bishop (2008–2020) of Port-de-Paix.[7]

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