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Martial Lavaud Célestin (October 4, 1913 – February 4, 2011) was named Prime Minister of Haïti by

President Leslie Manigat in March 1988 under the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, and was approved
by the Parliament that formed as a result of the January 17, 1988 elections. He was deposed by the coup
that took place on June 20 (June 1988 Haitian coup d'état). He was born in Ganthier and was a lawyer by
profession. Célestin died on February 4, 2011 at the age of 97.

René Garcia Préval (French pronunciation: [ʁəne pʁeval]; January 17, 1943 – March 3, 2017) was a
Haitian politician and agronomist who twice served as President of Haiti, from February 7, 1996, to
February 7, 2001, and again from May 14, 2006, to May 14, 2011. He was also Prime Minister from
February 1991 to October 11, 1991. Préval was the first elected head of state in Haitian history to
peacefully receive power from a predecessor in office, the first elected head of state in Haitian history
since independence to serve a full term in office, the first to be elected to non-successive full terms in
office, the first to peacefully hand over power, and the first former Prime Minister to be elected President.
His presidencies were marked by domestic tumult and attempts at economic stabilization, with his latter
presidency being marred through the destruction wrought by the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Jean-Jacques Honorat (born April 1, 1931) was named prime minister of Haiti after the 1991 coup. Haiti's
third Prime Minister, Jean-Jacques Honorat, came to the post after the 1991 coup which deposed
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his appointed Prime Minister, René Préval. Honorat, born on April
1, 1931 in the nation's capital, succeeded to the post under the new, provisional President, Joseph Nérette,
but, like many others on the list of 17 since 1988, Honorat's stint would be short-lived and terminated
after corrupt military interference. He'd spent eight months in office before resigning. He also served with
honor from October 1991 to the end of the year as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship.
Philanthropist and humanitarian Jean-Jacques Honorat was accused of having ties to Francois (Papa Doc)
Duvalier, even past the obvious, as Jean-Jacques Honorat had served as Minister of Tourism from '58 to
'61, Honorat had stated that their families were, indeed, close and in fact, there were family ties between
them. However, in a December 1991 phone interview with correspondents from Washington D.C.'s EIR,
he also stated that he quickly became an activist after Duvalier staged the 1961 coup, which was why he
left the post of tourism director. The rift between families would wrongfully lead to Honorat's eventual
exile to New York after Francois' son Jean-Claude Duvalier unjustly expelled him from the country in
1981.
Jean-Jacques Honorat would continue to be a successful and favored personality on the diplomatic scene.
His degrees in agronomy and law, along with his fluency in French, Spanish, Creole, Mandarin,German
and English serving him well throughout his career.

Marc Louis Bazin (March 6, 1932 – June 16, 2010) was a World Bank official, former United
Nations functionary and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude
Duvalier. He was prime minister of Haiti appointed on June 4, 1992 by the military government that had
seized power on September 30, 1991.
Robert Malval (born July 11, 1943 in Port-au-Prince) was the prime minister of Haiti from August 30,
1993 to November 8, 1994.
An industrialist and business leader of Lebanese descent, Malval was appointed on August 16, 1993 by
the President-in-exile, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who gave Malval the task of reconciling the feuding
parties.[3] He defied the Army-backed president, Émile Jonassaint.[4] In December 1993, he resigned his
post and criticized Aristide as an "erratic" figure who was hampering efforts to solve the political crisis.
His predecessor was Marc Bazin; his successor was Smarck Michel.

Smarck Michel (March 29, 1937 – September 1, 2012[1]) was appointed prime
minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16,
1995.[2] Smarck was President Aristide's third prime minister, and the first to be named after the
President's return from exile.
Michel was born in St. Marc to a military family and completed his post secondary studies (business
administration) in the United States.[3]
Prior to politics Michel was a businessman running a grocery store and ran his family bakery.

His political career began as Minister of Commerce and ended after his Prime Ministership.
Married to wife Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin, with whom he had a son Kenneth and daughters Patricia and
Marjorie Michel. Michel died near Port-au-Prince from brain tumour at age 75.
Claudette Werleigh (born 26 September 1946)[1] was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to
March 6, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.
In 1999 Werleigh became Director at the Life & Peace Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and then in 2007
Secretary General and in 2010 Peace Envoy of the Catholic peace organization Pax Christi
International in Brussels, Belgium.
Claudette was born in 1946, in Cap-Haïtien in a well-to-do family. Her parents exported coffee and in
addition her mother had a shop. Her father was a former MP, but withdrew from politics before Claudette
was born. Claudette went to elementary and secondary schools run by nuns, studied diverse subjects,
including medicine and pedagogy, in Spain, the US, Mexico and Haiti and she obtained a license in law
and economics at the university in Port-au-Prince. In 1978 she was registered as a lawyer.

Rosny Smarth (born October 19, 1940) was Prime Minister of Haiti briefly,[1] from February 27, 1996 to
June 9, 1997. He resigned his post before a successor was found, leaving the post vacant for nearly two
years. His political party is the OPL.
Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 21 September 1947) is a Haitian politician. He served as the Prime
Minister of Haiti from 1999 to 2001 and was Prime Minister for a second term from 2006 to 2008 when
he was dismissed due to political fallout from food riots.
Alexis was born in Gonaïves, Haiti on September 21, 1947.[1] He attended school at Lycée Geffrard in
Gonaïves (1959–1964) and later Lycée Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince (1964–1966).[1] He
received a degree in agricultural engineering from the State University of Haiti in 1973.
After graduation, Alexis held a series of jobs in academia.[1] He was an assistant professor of chemistry at
the State University of Haiti from 1973 to 1976 and a teaching and research assistant at Université
Laval, Quebec, Canada, from 1977 to 1978, earning his master of science degree in food science and
technology from Université Laval in 1979.[1] He was then a professor of food technology and post-harvest
technology at the State University of Haiti (1979–1987), a professor of post-harvest technology and
human nutrition at Ecole Moyenne d’Agriculture (1979–1985), and Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy and
Veterinary Medicine at the State University of Haiti (1985–1987).[1] Between 1987 and 1990, he
coordinated the founding of Quisqueya University, where he served as the school's first rector from 1990
to 1995.[1]
Under President René Préval, Alexis served in the government as the Minister of National Education,
Youth, and Sport (1996–1999), Minister of Culture (1997–1999), and Minister of the Interior and
Territorial Communities (1999–2000).
Jean Marie Chérestal (born 18 June 1947)[1] was prime minister of Haïti from 2 March 2001 to 21 January
2002.[2] He is the leader of the political party known as Pont ("bridge")

Yvon Neptune (born November 8, 1946 in Cavaillon, Haiti) was Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 to
2004. He was appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and took office on March 15, 2002. He had
previously served as Presidentof the Senate from 2000 to 2002.

Gérard Latortue (born June 19, 1934 at Gonaïves) was the Prime Minister of Haïti from March 12, 2004
to June 9, 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as foreign
minister of Haïti during the short-lived 1988 administration of Leslie Manigat.
In February 2004, the country experienced a coup d'état which saw the removal and exile of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; Breaking with the Haitian constitution a "council of the wise" was set
up by the international powers to choose a new Prime Minister. Latortue was selected by the Council and
appointed head of the interim government on March 9 while still living in the United States, and was
sworn in on March 12.
The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the
2004 Haitian coup d'état, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and
November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006. The 129 member Haitian
parliament was also elected at this election. Run-off elections for the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti were
held on 21 April 2006. In June 2006, Latortue was succeeded by Jacques-Édouard Alexis.
Latortue was the head of the observer mission of La Francophonie in Togo for that country's October
2007 parliamentary election.
Jacques-Édouard Alexis
Second Term- from June 9th, 2006 to September 5th 2008

Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis (born 5 October 1947) is a Haitian politician who was Prime Minister of
Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009. She was Haiti's second female Prime
Minister,[3] after Claudette Werleigh, who served from 1995 to 1996.[4]
Pierre-Louis has been the Executive Director of the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation
(FOKAL),[5] a non-governmental organization financed by George Soros, since 1995. In June 2008 she
was nominated as Prime Minister by President René Préval,[2] after Préval's two previous nominees were
rejected by the Chamber of Deputies. Her nomination was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on 17
July 2008, with 61 votes in favor, one opposed, and 20 abstentions.[5][6] It was approved by the Senate on
31 July, with 12 votes in favor, 5 abstentions and none opposed. Her political programme and government
still had to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.[3][7]
Préval announced the composition of the new government on 25 August; aside from Pierre-Louis herself,
there were 17 ministers, seven of whom were retained from the previous government of Jacques-Édouard
Alexis. Pierre-Louis was appointed as Minister of Justice and Public Security, in addition to serving as
Prime Minister. The government was to have been installed on 26 August, but this was delayed due to the
impact of Hurricane Gustav.[8]
Pierre-Louis' political programme and government were approved by the Chamber of Deputies and
subsequently by the Senate on 5 September 2008, following extended negotiations. 16 votes were needed
in the Senate; she received only 15 in the first vote, but in a second vote held shortly afterward she gained
the necessary additional vote. There were no opposing votes, but one senator abstained. This vote
occurred as Haiti was ravaged by the effects of Hurricane Hannaand Hurricane Ike, presenting a daunting
challenge to Pierre-Louis and her government.[9]
The British weekly news and international affairs publication The Economist referred to Ms Pierre-Louis
in their publication "The World in Figures 2010", writing:
Jean-Max Bellerive (born 1958) is a Haitian politician and former Prime Minister of Haiti. He resigned on
14 May 2011.
Haitian President René Préval, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30
October 2009, to replace former Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis.[3] A day before the nomination, on
29 October 2009, 18 senators of a 29-member senate had voted to dismiss Pierre-Louis on charges that
she was performing poorly in leading Haiti's economic recovery efforts in the wake of the
destructive 2008 hurricane season.[3]
On 14 May 2011, Bellerive resigned as Prime Minister, so as to allow the country's new President, Michel
Martelly, to choose his own Prime Minister.[1] Martelly selected Daniel Gérard Rouzier to succeed
Bellerive. However, the parliament rejected Mr Rouzier.

Dr. Garry Conille (born 26 February 1966) is a Haitian academic, development worker, author, and
former Prime Minister of Haiti. He submitted his resignation as prime minister on 24 February 2012 and
was officially succeeded by Laurent Lamothe on 16 May 2012.
Laurent Salvador Lamothe (born 14 August 1972) is a Haitian businessman, economist, and political
figure who has served in the government of Haiti as Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2011,
having been appointed Prime Minister on 4 May 2012.[1] Previously, he was co-founder and CEO of the
company Global Voice Group.[2][3] On 14 December 2014, Lamothe resigned as Prime Minister for
personal reasons.

Florence Duperval Guillaume, a Haitian politician, is Haiti's Minister of Public Health and Population,
and was Prime Minister of Haiti from 20 December 2014 to 16 January 2015.
Evans Paul (born 25 November 1955), also known as Compère Plume;[1] shortened as K-Plume (KP), is
a Haitianpolitician and former president of the Democratic United Committee. He was elected mayor
of Port-au-Prince in the 1990 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide's National Front for Change
and Democracy party to power. He made an unsuccessful run for President of Haiti in the 2006 elections
under the Democratic Alliance Party banner.[4][5] He was leader of the Convergence Démocratique prior to
the 2004 Haitian coup d'état which overthrew Aristide.[6] On December 25, 2014, President Michel
Martelly announced Evans Paul as Haiti's new prime minister.[7][8] On February 2, 2016, he resigned. He
remained in his position due to an agreement signed on 6 February, until a prime minister could be
reached by consensus and an interim president could be elected by Parliament for a 120-day term.[9]
He used to host the program "Plume" on Radio Caraïbes from 1974 to 1976, hence where he had gotten
his nickname

Fritz Alphonse Jean (born 1956) is a notable Haitian economist, politician and writer who served as
governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti from 1998 until 2001. Since 2012, he is the President of
the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Professions of Nord-Est.[1][2] and is part of the national
commemoration committee of the 100-year anniversary of the United States occupation of Haiti.
Enex Jean-Charles (born 18 July 1960) is a Haitian politician who served as Prime Minister of Haiti from
March 2016 until March 2017.
Jean-Charles was born on 18 July 1960 in Chansolme.
From March 2004 to June 2006 Jean-Charles served as Secretary General of the Council of Ministers
under President Boniface Alexandre. Under Alexandre's successor, René Préval, Jean-Charles was a
special advisor. He also served as advisor to President Michel Martelly during his term in office (2011–
2016).
In March 2016 Jean-Charles was named as designate Minister of Planning and External Cooperation in
the cabinet of Fritz Jean.[2] On 22 March 2016 acting President Jocelerme Privert appointed Jean-Charles
as Prime Minister by decree.[3] The general policy plan of his predecessor, Fritz Jean, had been rejected by
the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March.[4] On 24 March Jean-Charles presented his cabinet. On 25 March
Jean-Charles obtained support for both his general policy plan and his cabinet from both Houses of
the Haitian Parliament and was confirmed as Prime Minister.[6] On 28 March his government was
officially installed.[7][8] He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Jack Guy Lafontant on 21 March 2017.
Jean-Charles has worked as a professor of administrative law at the University of Haiti since 1991.

Jack Guy Lafontant (born in Port-au-Prince on 4 April 1961) is a Haitian politician who served as prime
minister of Haitisince March 2017.
He was appointed as prime minister on 22 February 2017, and presented his cabinet on 13 March
2017. His government obtained a vote of confidence from the Haitian Senate on 16 March and from the
Haitian Chamber of Deputies on 21 March, with 95 votes for and 6 against with 2 abstentions.
 Haitis Independence
January 1st , 1804

 Coat of Arms:


The coat of arms of Haiti shows six draped flags of the country, three on each side, which are located in
front of a palm tree and cannons.

In front of the cannons are a drum, a bugle, long guns, and ship anchors. Above the palm tree, there is a
Phrygian cap placed as a symbol of freedom.

Haitian Flag

Flower : Hibiscus ( unofficial)


Haitian Map

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