Serge Gilles (5 January 1936 – 1 February 2021) was the leader of the Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats political party.
He spent 25 years in overseas exile before returning to Haiti in 1986.
[1] He became the leader of the Fusion party in 2005 and was fielded as their candidate for President but lost to René Préval.
[2][3] Gilles was born in a commune Maïssade in the Hinche Arrondissement, in the Centre department of Haiti.
He was denied entry back into Haiti so he remained in France and furthered his education.