Evans Paul

{{Short description|Haitian politician (born 1955)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Evans Paul

|image = EvansPaul.jpg

|caption = Paul in 2015

|office = President of Haiti

|termlabel = Acting

|primeminister= Himself

|term_start = 7 February 2016

|term_end = 14 February 2016

|predecessor = Michel Martelly

|successor = Jocelerme Privert (Provisional)

|office1 = 17th Prime Minister of Haiti

|president1 = Michel Martelly
Himself (acting)
Jocelerme Privert {{small|(Provisional)}}

|term_start1 = 16 January 2015

|term_end1 = 26 February 2016

|predecessor1 = Florence Duperval Guillaume
{{small|(Acting)}}

|successor1 = Fritz Jean

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic Alliance Party

|otherparty = Democratic Convergence
{{small|(2000–2004)}}

|spouse = Irene Ridore

}}

Evans Paul (born 26 November 1955), also known as Compère Plume;{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/compere-plume-dauphin-d-haiti_599790.html |title=Compère Plume», dauphin d'Haïti |editor= Hugeux, Vincent |date=10 June 1994 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=13 February 2016}} shortened as K-Plume (KP),{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hThawYeT-YoC |title=Communication et espace public: Une reconstruction à travers l'espace public politique Haïtien |editor=Luné Roc, Pierre Louis |page=127 |date= 25 December 2011 |publisher=Presses univ. de Louvain |isbn=9782875580306 |access-date=13 February 2016}} is a Haitian politician and former president of the Democratic United Committee. He was elected mayor of Port-au-Prince in the 1990 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide's National Front for Change and Democracy party to power, and he served as a campaign manager for a time during Aristide's 1990 campaign.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-31 |title=The Honorable Evans Paul {{!}} National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals |url=https://naahpusa.org/profile/evans-paul/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=naahpusa.org |language=en-US}} He made an unsuccessful run for President of Haiti in the 2006 elections under the Democratic Alliance Party banner.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/haiti/keyplayers.html |title=Indepth Haiti :Key Players |date=February 22, 2006 |work=CBC News Online |access-date=2008-10-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.haitielection2005.com/presidential_candidates.php/20 |title=Evans Paul |work=Haiti Election 2005 |access-date=2008-10-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070812152001/http://www.haitielection2005.com/presidential_candidates.php/20 |archive-date=2007-08-12 }} On December 25, 2014, President Michel Martelly announced Evans Paul as Haiti's new prime minister.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/haiti-leader-names-evans-paul-prime-minister-021459899.html |title=Haiti leader names Evans Paul as new prime minister |editor=Press |date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Yahoo! News |access-date=13 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12808-haiti-flash-evans-paul-new-prime-minister-of-haiti.html |title=Evans Paul new Prime Minister of Haiti |editor=Press |date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Haiti Libre |access-date=13 February 2016}} On February 2, 2016, he resigned. He remained in his position due to an agreement signed on 6 February, until a prime minister could be reached by consensus and an interim president could be elected by Parliament for a 120-day term.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-02-06/oas-haitian-leaders-reach-deal-to-install-provisional-govt |title=An official with the Organization of American States tells The Associated Press that top Haitian leaders have reached an agreement to install a provisional government less than a day before President Michel Martelly is scheduled to step down |editor=McFadden, David |date=6 February 2016 |publisher=US News |access-date=13 February 2016}}

He used to host the program "Plume" on Radio Caraïbes from 1974 to 1976, from where he got his nickname.[http://primature.gouv.ht/?page_id=16 Primature République d'Haïti - Biographie du Premier ministre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224090133/https://www.primature.gouv.ht/?page_id=16 |date=2021-12-24 }} {{in lang|fr}} From 1977 to 1980, he hosted Konbit Pitit Kay on Radio Cacique.