Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over as head of Haiti’s transitional government on Thursday, a few hours after infamous gang boss Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier told residents of Port-au-Prince to stay out of the way while his forces overthrow the government.

Saint-Cyr, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti, assumed the rotating leadership of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) from Fritz Alphonse Jean , a U.S.-trained economist and former prime minister.

The CPT is essentially a nine-member council that collectively shares the duties of the Haitian presidency, under the guidance of a rotating chairperson. Each member of the council represents an influential faction or interest group in Haiti.

Saint-Cyr has been the business community’s chos

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