Haitian businessman Jovenel Moise has been officially declared winner of November 2016 presidential election.
Jovenel Moise, a 48-year-old banana exporter, was elected with 55.6% of the vote, well ahead of his closest rival, an electoral tribunal confirmed.
Officials dismissed allegations of fraud. But some protesters marched in the capital, Port-au-Prince
The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has been led by an interim president since February 2016
It has been blighted by political instability for decades, and is vulnerable to natural disasters. Haiti is still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, which killed up to 1,000 people in October.
On Tuesday Jan 03,2017, the electoral tribunal confirmed preliminary numbers released in November. Mr Moises's closest rival Jude Celestin, had 19.5% of the vote.
The president-elect, from the centre-right Haitian Tet Kale Party and backed by former President Michel Martelly, is expected to take office by February 07,2017
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