Chancy did however not manage to enter the faculty of agriculture at university and instead went to the l'Institut national d'administration, de gestion et des hautes études internationales (INAGHEI) in 1991.

After studying Chancy became a businessman and owned a Texaco petrol station.

[2] Chancy ran as a candidate of the party l'espace de concertation for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2000 parliamentary elections, he however retracted his candidacy for the second round.

[3] On 11 January 2016, Chancy won the election of Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, he obtained 46 votes while his opponent Jerry Tardieu of Plateforme Vérité obtained 44 votes.

[6] After a vote in the Chamber of Deputies on 14 February Chancy declared Jocelerme Privert acting president.