This project was supposed to export bananas to Germany for the first time since 1954; however, only two containers were ever sent.
This nonetheless led him to be nicknamed Nèg Bannann (Banana Man).
The government granted tax-free access to the land, 15 years' exemption from income tax and customs duties on the purchase of capital equipment, and a $6 million loan to a new company, Agritrans, owned by Moïse, the president of the local chamber of commerce.
Anonymous investors contributed at least another $10 million.
1968
Jovenel Moïse (26 June 1968 – 7 July 2021) was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician, who served as the 43rd President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021.
Jovenel Moïse was born on 26 June 1968, in Trou du Nord, Nord-Est, Haiti.
1974
His family relocated to Port-au-Prince in July 1974, where he pursued his primary education at École Nationale Don Durélin.
He continued his secondary education at Lycée Toussaint Louverture and later at the Centre Culturel du Collège Canado-Haïtien.
1996
In 1996, he married Martine Marie Étienne Joseph (Martine Moïse), his classmate at the time.
The couple decided to leave the capital that same year and settled in Port-de-Paix to focus on developing rural areas.
Together, Jovenel and Martine Moïse have three children: Jomarlie Moïse, Jovenel Moïse Jr., and Joverlein Moïse.
Moïse began his business career with the founding of Jomar Auto Parts.
The following year, he began working on an agricultural project involving organic banana production from a plantation covering more than 10 hectares (25 acres) in the Nord-Ouest department.
2001
Moïse collaborated with Culligan Water in 2001 to build a drinking water plant for the Nord-Ouest and Nord-Est departments.
2012
In 2012, he founded Agritrans SA, introduced the agricultural project Nourribio to Trou du Nord, and helped create Haiti's first agricultural free trade zone, a 1,000-hectare (2,500-acre) banana plantation in Nord-Est.
2015
Agritrans promised to create about 3,000 jobs; however, as of March 2015, it had employed only 600.
In 2015, President Michel Martelly designated Moïse as the presidential candidate of the political party Martelly had founded, the center-right Haitian Tèt Kale Party (PHTK).
In his campaign, Moïse promoted bio-ecological agriculture as an economic engine for Haiti, whose population was over 50% rural.
Moïse received 32.8% of votes in the first round of the elections held on 15 October 2015, with 54 candidates competing, qualifying for a runoff with the second-place finisher, Jude Célestin.
However, an exit poll conducted by the Haiti Sentinel reflected Moïse receiving only 6% of the vote, and Célestin called the results fraudulent.
Thousands of people took to the streets in violent protests, forcing the postponement of the runoff election.
2016
In their wake, the ballot was ultimately annulled in June 2016.
In February 2016, after incumbent President Michel Martelly stepped down at the end of his term, special elections were held by parliament, and Jocelerme Privert was then installed as interim President until new elections could be held.
On 20 November 2016, a new election was held; a week later, election officials declared, based on preliminary results, that Moïse had won the election with 55.67% of the vote and with an estimated voter turnout of 21%, beating out 26 other candidates — four of whom claimed victory, before the official results were announced.
Moïse secured the presidency without having to compete in a second-round election.
In second, third, and fourth place was mechanical engineer Jude Celestin of LAPEH with 19.52%, leftist senator Jean-Charles Moïse of the Platfòm Pitit Dessalines (PPD) with 11.04 percent, and Maryse Narcisse of Fanmi Lavalas (FL) with 8.99 percent.
2017
He assumed the presidency in February 2017 after winning the November 2016 election.
Jovenel Moïse was sworn in on 7 February 2017 for a five-year term.
Moïse faced challenges to his mandate, from opposition leaders who believed that Moïse's five-year mandate should end from the date of the inconclusive 2015 elections — that is, on 7 February 2021, five years to the day since his predecessor in office stepped down, though Moïse, counting from the date of his swearing-in, had claimed that his term would not end till 2022.
2019
In 2019, Haiti experienced widespread protests and unrest.
In the early morning of 7 July 2021, Moïse was assassinated, and his wife Martine was injured during an attack on their private residence in Pétion-Ville.
Claude Joseph assumed the role of acting president in the aftermath of Moïse's assassination.
In November 2019, Moïse met at the Haiti National Palace with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, about ways to implement a consensual resolution of Haiti's political crisis through inclusive dialogue.
Craft later met with several political leaders from other parties, listened to their different views, and urged an inclusive solution with Moïse.
She also urged the Haitian government to fight corruption, investigate and prosecute human rights abusers, and combat narcotics and human trafficking.
President Moïse built the second-largest hydropower plant and agricultural water reservoir in Haiti after Peligue.
He built the "Barrage Marion" in Marion, Haiti, which can produce electricity and water the farmers land in the North of Haiti.
He rebuilt another water reservoir "Barrage la Tannerie" to make more water available for farmers to increase agricultural production in that area.
He built several water pumping stations using solar power for the same purpose.
President Moise was in the process of building a deviation of water from the Dajabón River when he was assassinated.
