Micha Gaillard
Michel "Micha" Gaillard (1957 – January 14, 2010) was a Haitian politician, opposition leader and university professor.
Political role
He was a major voice of opposition against the 2004 coup d'état which ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In 2005, he helped found the Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats political party.{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/v-fullstory/story/1432784.html|title=A nation loses part of its heart with demise of the biggest thinkers|last=Charles|first=Jacqueline|date=January 18, 2010|newspaper=The Miami Herald|accessdate=19 January 2010|location=Miami, Florida}}
2010 earthquake
Gaillard was killed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100115/884/twl-haitian-ministers-reported-dead-in-q.html |title=Haitian ministers reported dead in quake |agency=Deutsche Presse-Agentur |location=Berlin |date=2010-01-15 |accessdate=2010-01-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119161729/http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100115/884/twl-haitian-ministers-reported-dead-in-q.html |archivedate=January 19, 2010 }} He was attending a meeting at the Ministry of Justice when the quake struck. He survived the initial disaster but died of his injuries a day and a half later, at roughly 4:15{{nbsp}}am on January 14.
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