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Preceded by Stevenson Jacques Timoléon Born 16 February 1967 (age 50)
Ennery, Artibonite, Haiti ( 1967-02-16 ) | ||
Cholzer Chancy (born 16 February 1967) is a Haitian politician. He has been Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies since 11 January 2016. He is a member of the political party Haiti in Action.
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Career
Chancy was born on 16 February 1967 in Ennery, Artibonite. His parents were both farmers and Chancy aspired a career in agriculture. Chancy did however not manage to enter the faculty of agriculture at university and instead went to the l'Institut national d'administration, de gestion et des hautes études internationales (INAGHEI) in 1991. After studying Chancy became a businessman and owned a Texaco petrol station.
Chancy ran as a candidate of the party l'espace de concertation for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2000 parliamentary elections, he however retracted his candidacy for the second round. He was elected in the 2006 elections for the party Haiti in Action. Chancy was re-elected in the 2010 elections. During this term he served as President of the Finance commission.
On 11 January 2016 Chancy won the election of Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, he obtained 46 votes while his opponent Jerry Tardieu of the Truth party obtained 44 votes. After his election Chancy was involved in seeking a solution to the political crisis in Haiti that occurred after the Presidential term of Michel Martelly had expired, and no new President was elected yet. After a vote in the Chamber of Deputies on 14 February Chancy declared Jocelerme Privert acting President.