Musician Wyclef Jean holds a Haitian flag at the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on April 29, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Musician Wyclef Jean and daughter Angelina Claudinelle
(L-R) Singer Paulina Rubio, musician Wyclef Jean and Nicolas Vallejo NajeraSinger Wyclef Jean will announce his bid to run for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti this week.
The former Fugees star is to seek a five-year term as leader of the nation where he was born.
It has long been speculated Jean might enter the 2010 presidential contest, ever since President Rene Preval appointed him ambassador-at-large for the Caribbean
The former Fugees star is to seek a five-year term as leader of the nation where he was born.
It has long been speculated Jean might enter the 2010 presidential contest, ever since President Rene Preval appointed him ambassador-at-large for the Caribbean
Haiti, which was hit in January by a deadly 7.0-magnitude earthquake, is scheduled to vote on November 28 to elect a new leader to replace President Rene Preval, whose term ends in February.
He will stand as part of a coalition calling itself Ansanm Nou Fo, meaning 'together we are strong'.
'If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything,' Jean said in an interview with Time magazine.
Many analysts predict Jean - who at 37 is very popular among young Haitians - would easily win the election.
He will stand as part of a coalition calling itself Ansanm Nou Fo, meaning 'together we are strong'.
'If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything,' Jean said in an interview with Time magazine.
Many analysts predict Jean - who at 37 is very popular among young Haitians - would easily win the election.
A three-time Grammy award-winner, Jean was a founding member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees and won wider fame for his collaboration with Colombian pop star Shakira. He released a song two years ago called If I Was President.
Jean established the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005 to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti.
He said after the earthquake which killed up to 300,000 people that Haiti's future rested on education, job creation and investment.
'If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,' Jean told Time.
Jean established the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005 to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti.
He said after the earthquake which killed up to 300,000 people that Haiti's future rested on education, job creation and investment.
'If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,' Jean told Time.
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