KID - Haiti Acronyms & Abbreviations
KID is an abbreviation for:
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik
More info:
In English: The Democratic Unity Convention
In French: Convention de l' Unité Démocratique
Evans Paul, also known as Compère Plume; shortened as K-Plume (KP), is one of the founding members of KID.
KID started out as a populist political party in Haiti, originating as a political pressure group in 1986 and formally becoming a political party in 1995.
KID was part Convergence Démocratique (CD) a coalition of political parties in Haiti formed in 2000. This coalition became a significant opposition force against the government of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Lavalas Family party.
It was reported back in December 2012 that Evans Paul resigned from KID. did he resign as leader of the party or as member altogether?
Evans Paul eventually climbed the political ladder until becoming Prime Minister of Haiti in January16, 2015 under President Michel Martelly and Interim President Jocelerme Privert until Feb 26, 2016.
Andre Michel is one other popular name in Haitian politics that originates from the KID political party.
Before Andre Miche'l's name became synonymous with SDP, back in 2005, he was representative of Konvansyon Inite Demokratik (KID).
Andre Michel was once the spokesperson for KID until March 2007 when the general secretariat of the Konvansyon Inite Demokratik (KID) party decided to suspend Mr. André Michel from his functions.