Ady Jean-Gardy
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| Born | 15 September 1957 (age 64) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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Ady Jean-Gardy (born 15 September 1957) is a Haitian historian, journalist,[1] and former Minister of Communication from 2012 to 2013.[2] His prior experience includes work as a civil servant for the United Nations Development Programme and as a member of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[3]
Early life and education
Ady Jean-Gardy began his education at the Catholic School of the Salésiens Fathers and later attended Alexander Pétion High School.[4][user-generated source]
After high school, he received a scholarship from President Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal, studying communications and journalism in Dakar, Senegal.
Jean-Gardy pursued higher education at the Institute of Applied Linguistics in Haiti, studied architecture at the Civil Engineering Institute of Richard Leconte, and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Institute of Economic Science and Politics in Haiti. He received a USAID scholarship to study economics, finance, and administrative management at the University of Pittsburgh.[5][dubious ]
Career
Jean-Gardy served at the United Nations Development Programme and as operations manager of the United Nations Programs from 1989 to 1992.[citation needed]
He was also an associate of the Environmental Programs at the Ministry of Agriculture of Haiti in 1992, operations manager at the Office of UNESCO in 1993, representative of Haiti at the Center for Strategic Studies and Diplomacy in Paris from 1994 to 1997, and operations manager at the Center for Communication Studies of Deutsche Welle in Germany in 1998.[citation needed]
In 1999, he was invited by the U.S. State Department as an international representative of Haiti to the Assembly of Democracy organized by the United Nations in Poland.[4][user-generated source]
As the representative of Haiti to the International Conference of the Inter-American Press Association on Communication Strategies, he expressed his desire for the Haitian State Media (radio and television) to become a community media organization subject to scrutiny by Parliament and press organizations in the country.[citation needed] As president of the International Media Foundation (IMF) in 2006, he produced reports and recommendations for professional development in the media.[6]
In 2001, Jean-Gardy was the president of the Haitian Press Federation.[7] In 2013, he resigned as Minister of Communication. He was succeeded by Régine Godefroy.[2]
Awards
Following his recommendations, the Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Carlos Alvarez, published an official decree recognizing January as the month of Haiti's Independence.
In 2015, Jean-Gardy was awarded the "International Grand Prize of History" by an international cultural association in Bordeaux, France called Arts and Letters of France for his paper titled "Stories of the Arawak Indians of Haiti".[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Haiti - Culture : Ady Jean Gardy, receives the «Grand Prize International of history»". HaitiLibre. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Haiti - Politic : Message from Daniel Supplice and Ady Jean Gardy". HaitiLibre. 2013-01-24. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2026-01-17.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Haiti - Culture : Presentation of the International History Award to Ady Jean Gardy - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7". IciHaiti.com. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Accueil". adyjeangardy-67.webself.net. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ↑ "DONAT LECONTE Obituary (2010) - Miami, FL - the Miami Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ↑ "Presentation of the International History Award to Ady Jean Gardy". IciHaiti.com. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ↑ Grech, Daniel A. (2001-08-09). "Haitian police delegation meets NMB counterparts". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. N3. Retrieved 2026-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
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