Reginald Boulos

Reginald Boulos was born in 1956, in the United States of America, son of Carlos and Aimee (née Abraham) Boulos, and is one of six children (Frantz Boulos, Kathleen Boulos Weckering, Senator Rudolph Boulos, Marie Boulos, Dr. Carlo Boulos). Along with his brother Dr. Carlo Boulos, they attended and earned a medical degree in 1981 from the Port-au-Prince School of Medicine in Haiti. Reginald then furthered his education by graduating in 1982 with a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the Tulane University School of Public Health in New Orleans. He conducted research with an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. He also holds certification from the MIT Sloan School of Management for senior executives.

In 1996, Boulos left the medical practice to start a new career in business development. While representing his family's Boulos Investment Group, he became the Chairman of Intercontinental Bank S.A. (1996–1998) and negotiated a merger with Sogebank, one of Haiti's largest banks. In 2003, Boulos orchestrated the re-engineering of one of the oldest daily newspapers in Haiti, Le Nouveau Matin. From 2000 to 2010, Boulos created and developed Delimart, a chain of supermarkets,{{Cite web |last=Chéry |first=Onz |date=2020-12-17 |title=New grocery store opens in Turgeau, creating jobs |url=http://haitiantimes.com/2020/12/17/new-grocery-store-opens-in-turgeau-creating-jobs/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}} Autoplaza, a leading car dealership{{Cite news |last=Sontag |first=Deborah |date=2012-12-24 |title=Rebuilding in Haiti Lags After Billions in Post-Quake Aid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/world/americas/in-aiding-quake-battered-haiti-lofty-hopes-and-hard-truths.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and Megamart, a membership food discount store. Recently,{{When|date=June 2025}} he organized renovation of a landmark Hotel in Haiti, El Rancho, opened as an NH.

In 2019, Boulos founded the political party, Mouvement Troisième Voix.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-12-19 |title=Haïti-Politique : Lancement officiel du Mouvement de la Troisième Voie ce mercredi - Juno7 |url=https://www.juno7.ht/haiti-politique-lancement-officiel-du-mouvement-de-la-troisieme-voie-ce-mercredi/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.juno7.ht |language=fr-FR}} The political party aimed to recruit 1 million young people on a platform of social justice.{{Cite web |last=Nodwes |first=Rezo |date=2019-12-19 |title=Boulos présente officiellement le Mouvement 3e Voie et veut recruter 1 million de jeunes - Rezo Nòdwès |url=https://rezonodwes.com/?p=143935 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Rezo Nòdwès - Le journal citoyen haïtien ! |language=fr-FR}} In 2020, the party donated hygiene kits to victims of the Bel Air massacre.{{Cite news |last=Chéry |first=Onz |date=2020-09-28 |title=Un parti politique fait don de kits d'hygiène et d'autres fournitures aux victimes de Bel Air |url=https://haitiantimes.com/fr/2020/09/28/Un-parti-politique-fait-don-de-kits-d'hygi%C3%A8ne-et-d'autres-fournitures-aux-victimes-de-Bel-Air/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}} In March 2021, a car dealership owned by Boulos was ransaked and burned. Boulos blamed the Haitian president for the arson.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-03-18 |title=Boulos blames Moïse for car dealership fire, looting |url=http://haitiantimes.com/2021/03/18/boulos-blames-moise-for-car-dealership-fire-looting/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}} Four months later, in July 2021, Boulos was preparing to run for president when President Jovenel Moise was murdered.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-07 |title=Prominent Haiti businessman denies involvement in Moise murder plot |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2021/08/07/Prominent-Haiti-businessman-denies-involvement-in-Moise-murder-plot |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Al Arabiya English |language=en}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-07-08 |title=Haiti opposition leader Dr. Reginald Boulos speaks with The Haitian Times about the assassination of Jovenel Moïse |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2021/07/08/haiti-opposition-leader-dr-reginald-boulos-speaks-with-the-haitian-times-about-the-assassination-of-jovenel-moise/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240312014659/https://haitiantimes.com/2021/07/08/haiti-opposition-leader-dr-reginald-boulos-speaks-with-the-haitian-times-about-the-assassination-of-jovenel-moise/ |archive-date=2024-03-12 |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}} After Moise's death, Boulos was subject to allegations that he supported Moise's assassination.{{Cite news |title=One of Haiti’s Richest Men Denies Links to Moise Murder Plot |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-07/one-of-haiti-s-richest-men-denies-links-to-moise-murder-plot |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221202205347/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-07/one-of-haiti-s-richest-men-denies-links-to-moise-murder-plot |archive-date=2022-12-02 |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Kitroeff |first=Natalie |last2=Porter |first2=Catherine |date=2021-07-10 |title=Haiti President Assassination: Haiti News: President Moïse’s Killing Fuels Political Crisis as Rivals Vie for Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/10/world/jovenel-moise-assassinated |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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