Haiti swears in new PM as gunfire at airport hits flight from US | Aviation News [Video]

Haiti has sworn in a new prime minister, hours after a flight from the United States was hit by gunfire as it made its final approach to the capital Port-au-Prince.

Alix Didier Fils-Aime was formally appointed on Monday by a presidential council after it fired the Caribbean nation’s interim prime minister, Garry Conille.

The new prime minister said during the swearing-in ceremony that his first step was to restore security across Haiti.

“I pledge – in front of you, members of the presidential council and the entire nation – to put my energy, my skills and my patriotism at the service of the national cause,” Fils-Aime said in French.

The new prime minister has little political experience but is the well-connected owner of a dry-cleaning chain and sits on the board of a local bank.

His appointment comes as Haiti has been going through political turmoil since the 2021 assassination of its then-president, Jovenel Moise, and a dire security situation, with armed groups controlling …