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Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has registered to run for president of Haiti. He made his the day after the devastating earthquake which killed 250,000 Haitians in January. The presidential election will place on the 28th of November. Jean announced his to a lively crowd of supporters in Port-au-Prince. His speech bodysurfing across the outstretched arms of his fans before stepping back onto the . He told World News America's Sharon Carpenter his as a singer would help his campaign: “As a politician, when I jump up on , I’m loved by millions of people,” he said. He told another news agency, The Associated Press, that: "It's a in time and in history. It's very ."

Jean has big plans to turn around the of his native country – one of the in the world. He believes it is the will of Haitians: “I’m being by the Haitians on the ground, by the population, to do this job…It’s a service I have to do for my country,” he said. Jean wants to improve education and increase rates, saying: “When a population can’t read and write, it’s called modern-day .” He also plans to build Haiti’s export to create a stronger, more independent . He said the fact that he has spent most of his life in the USA puts him in a “ position” as he has very few links with corrupt politicians. He also to reduce the political instability that has Haiti for generations.