Haiti replaces police chief with former head of palace security


New Haitian National Police Chief Rameau Normil looks on after being sworn-in, at the police headquarters, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's former national palace security chief Vladimir Paraison has been named national police chief, replacing Normil Rameau, according to a decree from the country's transitional presidential council read on national TV on Friday.

Paraison walked to the Villa d'Acceuil, the government's temporary seat of power, with the help of a cane after he was wounded in the leg while fighting armed gangs.

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