BREAKING NEWS: President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

BREAKING NEWS: President Jovenel Moïse of Haitian has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. 

President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti has been shot dead.

Jovenel Moïse was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician who was President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination today July 7, in 2021. Final official results had shown him as the selected winner of the November 2016 election. In 2019, political unrest and calls for his resignation became a crisis.

 Jovenel Moïse was born on 26th of June 1968, Trou-du-Nord

He was survived by spouse Martine Marie Etienne Joseph (m. 1996)

Party: Haitian Tèt Kale Party

Presidential term: 7 February 2017 – 7 July 2021

His Children are Jomarlie Moïse, Joverlein Moïse, Jovenel Junior Moïse

The Country’s Interim Prime Minister, Claude Joseph, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

Joseph added that the First Lady, who was injured in the attack, is being treated in the hospital.

He condemned what he described a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act,” adding that Haiti’s National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control.

The killing comes amid deepening political and economic stability and a spike in gang violence.

The deceased had been in power since February 2017, after his predecessor, office, Michel Martelly, stepped down.