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==Biography== Alexandre was raised by his uncle, [[Martial Célestin]], Haiti's first prime minister. Trained as a lawyer, he worked for a law firm in Port-au-Prince for 25 years before being appointed to the [[Supreme Court of Haiti|Supreme Court]] in 1992. Aristide appointed him as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 2002.<ref>{{cite book |last=R. Hall |first=Michael |date=2012 |title=Historical Dictionary of Haiti |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=14 |isbn=9780810878105 }}</ref> Alexandre, as the Chief Justice and therefore next in the presidential [[line of succession]], assumed the office of president after the coup. During Alexandre's acting presidency, [[Amnesty International]] reported "excessive use of force by police officers", [[extrajudicial execution]]s, a lack of investigations into these, escalation of "unlawful killings and kidnappings by illegal armed groups", failure of officials to prevent and punish [[violence against women]], dysfunctionality of the justice system, and forty or more people [[habeas corpus|imprisoned without charge or trial]].<ref name="amnesty_haitiduring2005">{{cite web| title =2006 Annual Report for Haiti| publisher =[[Amnesty International]]| year =2006| url =http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2006&c=HTI| access-date =2009-08-06| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081129232737/http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2006&c=HTI| archive-date =2008-11-29| url-status =dead}}</ref> Alexandre left office on 14 May 2006, when [[René Préval]], winner of the [[2006 Haitian elections|February 2006 presidential election]], was sworn in as president. Boniface Alexandre died at his home in [[Port-au-Prince]], on 4 August 2023, four days after his 87th birthday.<ref>[https://acento.com.do/amp/actualidad/fallece-boniface-alexandre-expresidente-provisional-de-haiti-9231684.html Fallece Boniface Alexandre, expresidente provisional de Haití]</ref><ref name="Brunswick">{{cite news |last=Charles |first=Jacqueline |title=Boniface Alexandre, former Haitian president and chief justice, dies at 87 |url=https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/national_news/boniface-alexandre-former-haitian-president-and-chief-justice-dies-at-87/article_70e372b2-5f3b-5339-943f-66e3b39f5f3c.html |access-date=4 August 2023 |work=[[Miami Herald]] |publisher=[[The Brunswick News]] |date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
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