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Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers.

Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture

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* Contrast with Non-commissioned officers

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European Commission, the executive body of the European Union

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Royal Commission, a public inquiry

Irish Land Commission, a body designed to fix rents in Ireland

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a US body enforcing and regulating the securities industry

Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings

The Commission (mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States

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Commissioned (gospel group)

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Letters patent, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity

A type of government agency that operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, though the term may also be applied to non-governmental groups such as the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

A type of contract for performance or creation of a specific work

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
Honorific-prefix	His Excellency
Name	Michel Martelly
Office	President of Haiti
Primeminister	Jean-Max Bellerive
Term start	14 May 2011
Predecessor	René Préval
Birth date	February 12, 1961
Birth place	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Party	Farmers' Response Party
Spouse	Sophia Martelly
Children	4
Profession	MusicianComposer }}

Name	Sweet Micky
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Michel Joseph Martelly
Born	February 12, 1961Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Instrument	VocalsKeyboard
Occupation	MusicianComposer
Years active	1988–2011
Genre	Compas music
Website	}}

Michel Joseph Martelly (born 12 February 1961), also known by his stage name "Sweet Micky", is a Haitian politician, former musician and businessman, currently the incumbent President of Haiti. Before entering politics, Martelly was a performing and recording artist, composer and businessman.

In July 2010, he announced that he would be running for the Presidency of Haiti. Martelly previously supported the disbanded Haitian military, FAd'H, and supporters of the 1991 coup d'état, such as the notorious killing squad, the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH).

On 4 April 2011, a senior Haitian official announced that Martelly had won the second round of the election against candidate Mirlande Manigat. The election is widely regarded as having been undemocratic and fraudulent. Martelly was only included in the run-off after pressure from the OAS and the United States government, turnout was extremely low (under 24%) and the country's largest political party, Fanmi Lavalas, had been excluded from the electoral process. Martelly's campaign was managed by the Spanish firm Solas, which has ties to Spain's People's Party.

Early life

Martelly was born in Côtes-de-Fer, a small town on the southeastern coast of Haiti near Jacmel. The middle-class son of a petroleum plant supervisor, Martelly is a self-taught keyboard player and singer. After graduating from high school, Martelly briefly enlisted in the Haitian Military Academy. Following an unsuccessful stint in the Armed Forces, Martelly subsequently moved to the United States where he briefly enrolled at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado. In 1986, after one semester, he returned to Haiti just as Jean-Claude Duvalier, then president-for-life, was heading into exile. Martelly later on returned to the U.S. with his then-girlfriend, Sophia, whom he later married in a small ceremony in Miami, Florida. Martelly continued to work on a construction site for a year until moving back to Haiti in 1987. Upon their return to Haiti, Martelly had his first breakthrough in the musical industry when he began playing keyboard as a fill-in musician in local venues in Pétionville and Kenscoff, some of the upscale suburbs of Port-au-Prince.

Music

Michel Martelly has been heralded as a pioneer of a unique brand of kompas music, a style of Haitian dance music sung in predominantly Haitian Creole language. Originally, ''Compas'', or Kompa, was the creation of Nemours Jean-Baptiste. Martelly, a keyboardist and the self-proclaimed President of Compas, popularized a ''nouvelle génération'', or "new generation" style, of smaller bands with few members that relied predominantly on synthesizers and electronic instruments to reproduce a fuller sound. Martelly's and Sweet Micky's live performances and recordings are sometimes laced with "burlesque" and humorous sociopolitical commentaries and satires. Outlandish and outspoken, Sweet Micky has been known to drink publicly while performing in wigs, costumes, and Scottish kilts, and occasionally remove his own attire while performing. While arguably the most recognized and applauded musician and public personality in Haiti, Martelly's performance style has sometimes ignited controversy throughout Haitian communities. After completing his high school at the Saint-Louis de Gonzague, he tried a career in engineering, however, his musical talent and his entertainer's skills took over his professional life so he became a popular recording artist and entertainer.

Recording career

By 1988, Martelly's musical talent, charismatic persona, and his pattering style of compas had gained tremendous popularity at El Rancho Hotel and Casino and The Florville, another local venue. That year, he recorded his first single, ''Ooo La La'', which became an instant hit, followed by "''Konpas Foret des Pins''" which was released in 1989, also a number hit from his debut album ''"Woule Woule"''. During the period of about 1988-2008 Michel Martelly using his stage name Sweet Micky recorded fourteen studio albums and a number of live CDs. His music blends Haitian music with fresh interpretations of compas, zouk, reggae, salsa, Caribbean soca and jazz-fusion. In 1997, Martelly's appeal to other musical genres was evident when Wyclef Jean of The Fugees featured him on the title track for Jean's solo effort ''Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival featuring the Refugee Allstars''. As Jean proclaims on 'The Carnival,' "Surprise - it's Sweet Micky, y'all!" Also in 1997, Martelly released an album containing one of his most celebrated hits, Pa Manyen ("Don't Touch"). The song is an adaptation of "Angola", composed by the renowned artist/composer/record producer Ramiro Mendes (of the Mendes Brothers), first recorded by Cesária Évora, the legendary Cape Verdean singer. Pa Manyen went on to be featured in various compilation albums, including the popular ''Putumayo Presents: French Caribbean'' in 2003. The song was also covered by Venezuelan singer, Soledad Bravo as "Canta, Canta Corazon" and by Jose Luiz Cortes of Cuba. See also the Mendes Brothers' original version of the song, performed by Ramiro Mendes included in the group's 1997 album - Para Angola Com Um Xi Coracao. Martelly is also notorious for his cursing on stage as well as using homophobic slurs.

Political career

Martelly's relationships with members of Haiti's past governments and with U.S. diplomats has been met with mixed opinions and criticism by music fans and activists alike. Martelly is reportedly a friend of President René Préval, and has previously acknowledged such friendships as well as the one with Lt. Col. Michel François, the former Port-au-Prince police chief, who was later convicted in absentia of human rights abuses.

Prior to the coup that overthrew Aristide, Martelly operated a nightclub called the Garage, often frequented by Haitian military and other members of the ruling class. Later, after a second coup had overthrown Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Martelly played a free concert to oppose the return of the ousted president and any American presence on the troubled island. The charismatic Martelly refused to back down from criticism of his affiliations with politicians and government officials. As he once stated to a news reporter, "''I don't have to defend myself....It's my right. It's my country. I can fight for whatever I believe in.''"

In 1997, Michel Martelly participated in "Knowledge is Power", an HIV educational music video with a message about preventing the spread of HIV. His humanitarian work as the President of the Foundation Rose et Blanc, created by his wife Sophia and himself, to help the poor and disenfranchised of the country, was the basis for his choice as the Good Will Haitian Ambassador for the Protection of the Environment by the current Haitian Government. In 2010 he ran for President of Haiti where he challenged the results as to whether he placed second, making the runoff, or third. On 3 February 2011, it was announced that he would participate in a run-off election scheduled for 20 March 2011. Martelly proposes to re-instate the Armed Forces of Haiti, which were disbanded by former president Aristide in 1995.

On 4 April 2011, a senior official announced that Martelly had won the presidential run-off election against candidate Mirlande Manigat with more than 60% of the vote. His success is attributed by some to the fact that he hired a professional marketing firm, Ostos and Sola, and also held political rallies with music in a traditional Haitian style.

Martelly was sworn in as President of Haiti on 14 May 2011. The following day, the incumbent Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, resigned to allow Martelly to choose his own Prime Minister.

Personal life

Martelly currently lives in Haiti, but held several homes in Palm Beach, Florida, which he subsequently lost through defaulting on the mortgages. He lives with his wife and former manager, Sophia, and their four children, Olivier, Sandro, Yani, and Malaika. In 2006, Martelly announced his unofficial retirement from recording and performing but two years later announced a return to music with a new single, ''Magouyè'', and the video/short film, "Bandi Legal yo ki rive". He is a cousin of Port-au-Prince hotel manager and musician Richard Morse.

Discography

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References

External links

Micky's masquerade: Michel Martelly is Haiti's new president. But the musician has a dark side. ''Miami New Times''. June 9, 2011.

Martelly's Historically Weak Mandate ''Center for Economic and Policy Research'', April 5, 2011.

Vote Michel Martelly ''official campaign site''

Interview: Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly challenges political elite, Gary G. Yerkey, ''Christian Science Monitor'', November 19, 2010

Haitian Musician Campaigns in Miami, Frank Tester, ''NBC Miami'', March 4, 2011

Haiti candidate Martelly lost three South Florida properties to foreclosure (also Haiti presidential candidate Martelly defaults on three Florida properties), Frances Rhodes, ''The Miami Herald'', March 7, 2011

Michel Martelly’s Electoral Coup d’Etat Annis, Roger. ''Haïti Liberte''. Volume 4-39.

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Music

Sweet Micky: ''Mon Colonel'', music video

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Category:1961 births Category:Current national leaders Category:Haitian musicians Category:Haitian politicians Category:Living people Category:People from Port-au-Prince Category:Presidents of Haiti

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