PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A wealthy businessman became president Thursday of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country, while a prominent gangster underscored the challenges by vowing to overthrow the government.

The appointment of Laurent Saint-Cyr at the council’s heavily guarded office in the capital of Port-au-Prince — where criminal gangs control 90 percent of the neighbourhoods — marked the first time that people from Haiti’s private sector serve in both the rotating presidency and as prime minister — two positions that share the country’s executive duties.

“Our country is going through one of the greatest crises in all its history,” Saint-Cyr said at a ceremony attended by ambassadors of several countries. “It’s not the time f

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