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'{{Infobox person <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: | image = CharlesHenriBaker.jpg --> | name = Charles Henri Baker | image = | caption = | imagesize = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|06|03}} | birth_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] | occupation = [[Industrialist]], [[politician]] }} '''Charles-Henri Jean-Marie Baker''' (born June 3, 1955) is a [[Haiti]]an industrialist and presidential candidate. He is a former member of the [[Group of 184]].<ref>[http://scm.oas.org/doc_public/ENGLISH/HIST_05/CP15235E06.DOC OAS Secretary General’s Quarterly Report on the Situation in Haiti, October 24, 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092921/http://scm.oas.org/doc_public/ENGLISH/HIST_05/CP15235E06.DOC |date=April 25, 2012 }}</ref> Baker was a candidate for president in Haiti's [[2006 Haitian general election|2006]] and [[Haitian general election, 2010–2011|2010]] elections. ==Early and personal life== Baker was born in [[Port-au-Prince]]. His father Édouard Baker, like Mr. Duval Dulvalier was of Martinicain and Grenadian background, but unlike him, he is of Bekke origin who are White French Descendannt living in French Martinique since it was colonized by France during the 17th century.He isa [[mulatto]] who was a prominent engineer, agronomist, well-known soccer player, and <ref name=HaitiInfo>{{cite web |title=Haiti divided by Race, Wealth |publisher=The Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/apr/5/20040405-092821-4875r/?page=all |accessdate=5 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505101142/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/apr/5/20040405-092821-4875r/?page=all|archivedate=5 May 2014 |location=Port-au-Prince |date=5 April 2004 |quote=(...) Marie Louise Baker (...) Mrs. Baker's grandfather was an Episcopal missionary from England, her other grandfather a trader, and her father an agronomist. She and some of her siblings opened their first, small sewing operation in 1970, making it grow through hard work, constant attention and steady reinvestment of the profits. Her brother, Charles, is one of the most outspoken leaders of the Group of 184, a coalition of business, civic and peasant groups that sprang up in the past 18 months seeking to resolve Haiti's political crisis.}}</ref><ref name=M.R.Hall/> of an [[Church of England|Episcopalian]] missionary from [[England]], who married an [[Afro-Haitian]] woman. His mother, Louise Barranco, was a businesswoman from a light-skinned [[mulatto]] elite family,<ref name=M.R.Hall>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Haiti|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.|isbn=978-0-8108-7810-5|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RbzX4PjxtgC&q=Baker+light+skinned+haiti&pg=PA31|author=Michael R. Hall|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Her family has Spanish descent since Barranco is a surname originated in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barranco Family History|url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=barranco|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref>|group="note"}} who was the founder of the first supermarket chain in Haiti and whose father was a trader. Baker has two brothers and three sisters. After completing his elementary education in Haiti, he traveled to the United States. In 1972 he graduated from [[Redondo Union High School]] in [[Redondo Beach, California]]. He later attended [[Saint Leo University]] in Florida, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration in 1976. In 1975, he married Marie Florence Apaid, sister of [[André Apaid]]. He has four children and eleven grandchildren.<ref name="charleshenribaker.com">{{cite web|url=http://charleshenribaker.com/about/?lang=en|title=About}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Business career== Baker began his business career as a manager at the age 21 in his family-owned and operated supermarket chain. When his father became ill, he took over the family-owned 90-acre farm Habitation Dujour, which grew sugarcane, banana, and tobacco. Eventually, the land expanded another 120 acres which made it the largest flue-cured tobacco farm in Haiti, with more than 200 acres. Simultaneously, from 1982 to 1985 he worked with the tobacco growers of Haiti through the [[Comme il faut]] Company, where he held the position of Assistant to the Leaf Growing Manager.<ref name="charleshenribaker.com"/> Beginning in the late 1980s, Baker purchased a garment factory, Pantalon Boucanier S.A.. This factory, which is monitored by Betterworks an affiliate of OIT, adheres to strict international standards. It employs hundreds of Haitians who are paid the minimum salary required by Haitian law. It has set up an incentive program which permits workers to make 50% more than the minimum salary while getting the 25% benefits required by Haitian law. Baker sells the garments produced in these factories to major corporations such as [[Walmart]] and [[K-Mart]]. In 2000, he joined the Association des Industries d’Haïti as a member and a year later became its vice president.<ref name="charleshenribaker.com"/> Baker was a prominent member of the [[Group of 184]] (G 184), a coalition of Haitian organizations opposing Haitian President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. The group's actions contributed to the [[US]] orchestrated coup d'état against Aristide in 2004.<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/2006/03/01/haitian-election-aftermath/ The Puzzling Alliance of Chavannes Jean-Baptiste and Charles Henri Baker], CounterPunch, March 1, 2006</ref> ==2006 Haitian presidential election== {{Main|2006 Haitian general election}} In August 2005, Baker announced his intention to run for the [[president of Haiti]] in the elections originally planned for November 2005 but later moved to February 2006. Baker and his [[Respect (Haiti)|Respè]] coalition received 8.24 percent of the vote, losing to [[René Préval]]. ==2010 Haitian presidential election== {{Main|2010 Haitian general election}} Charles Henri Baker ran for President of Haiti in the November 28, 2010 Haiti elections, under the [[Respect (Haiti)|Respè Party]] of Haiti.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charleshenribaker.com/ |title=Charles Henri Baker |access-date=2019-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808170658/http://www.charleshenribaker.com/ |archive-date=2012-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Politics in a time of cholera, marked by chaos and anger |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/politics-in-a-time-of-cholera-marked-by-chaos-and-anger-2144988.html |website=The Independent |language=en |date=27 November 2010}}</ref> ==Quotes== * "I have one country, and four children. I don’t plan on living any place else. I love my country, I love the Haitian people. I’m proud to be a candidate for public office in Haiti."<ref name="charlitonews.blogspot.com">[http://charlitonews.blogspot.com/2006/02/interview-with-charles-henri-baker.html An Interview with Charles Henri Baker]</ref> * "I’m not going anywhere. Haiti is my home. I've been fighting for democracy for thirty years, and I’ll continue to fight for what I believe in."<ref name="charlitonews.blogspot.com"/> * "All Haitians have been placed on an equal level field. The rich and poor, uneducated and educated, the street merchant and the elite business community have all suffered tremendously. Not only did the earth move but the thoughts of many of us who live in Haiti have been shaken from the past ways of doing things, to the desire to get Haiti right in its rebuilding."<ref>[http://www.i-newswire.com/charles-henri-baker-to-host-town/65530 Charles Henri Baker to host Town Hall Meeting at Little Haiti Cultural Center]</ref> ==References and footnotes== ;Notes {{reflist|group=note}} ;Citations {{Reflist|45em}} ==External links== *{{YouTube|user=CharlesHenriBaker|title=Charles Henri Baker}} *{{YouTube|user=VOTECHARLITO#p/u|title=Charlito Fanatic}} *{{YouTube|9ejPSqkqucc|Haiti Charles Henri Baker comes To West Palm Beach, Florida to speak to Haitian people}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Charles Henry}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Respect (Haiti) politicians]] [[Category:Haitian activists]] [[Category:Haitian educators]] [[Category:Haitian businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Port-au-Prince]] [[Category:Saint Leo University alumni]] [[Category:Candidates for President of Haiti]] [[Category:Haitian people of English descent]] [[Category:Haitian people of Spanish descent]] [[Category:Haitian people of Mulatto descent]]'