Fils-Aimé is the former president of Haiti's Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The transitionary council was established in April in an attempt to establish stability in the government after gangs took over the nation's capital of Port Au Prince in March.

A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti has signed a degree firing the country’s interim Prime Minister Garry Conille, replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job.

Haiti’s ruling presidential council has fired the country’s prime minister, Garry Conille, after barely six months and named businessman Didier Fils-Aimé to replace him in an act that some political leaders say is illegal.