The Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 of the Republic of Haiti is the head of government

Head of government

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 of Haiti

Haiti

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. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President

President of Haiti

The President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...

 and ratified by the National Assembly

National Assembly of Haïti

The Parliament of Haiti is the legislature of the Republic of Haiti. It sits at the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The Parliament is bicameral, the upper house being the Senate of Haiti and the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti....

. He or she appoints the Ministers

Minister (government)

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 and Secretaries of State

Secretary of State

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 and goes before the National Assembly to obtain a vote of confidence for his declaration of general policy. The Prime Minister enforces the laws and, along with the President, is responsible for national defense.

List of Prime Ministers of Haiti (1988–Present)

#	Picture	Name	Began office	Left office	Title(s)
1		Martial Célestin Martial Célestin Martial Lavaud Célestin 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...	9 February 1988	20 June 1988	Prime Minister
Post abolished (20 June 1988-13 February 1991)
2		René Préval René Préval René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was the President of the Republic of Haiti from 14 May 2006 to 14 May 2011. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991.-Early life and...	13 February 1991	11 October 1991	Prime Minister
3		Jean-Jacques Honorat Jean-Jacques Honorat Jean-Jacques Honorat was named prime minister of Haiti after the 1991 coup. He was sacked by the military-backed government in June 1992 after he failed to get international sanctions against the country lifted.-References:...	11 October 1991	19 June 1992	Interim Prime Minister
4		Marc Bazin Marc Bazin Marc Louis Bazin was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary and Haïtian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier...	19 June 1992	30 August 1993	Prime Minister
5		Robert Malval Robert Malval Robert Malval was the prime minister of Haïti from August 30 1993 to November 8 1994.An industrialist and business leader, 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. He defied the...	30 August 1993	8 November 1994	Prime Minister
6		Smarck Michel Smarck Michel Smarck Michel was appointed prime minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16, 1995. Smarck was President Aristide's third prime minister, and the first to be named after the President's return from exile....	8 November 1994	7 November 1995	Prime Minister
7		Claudette Werleigh Claudette Werleigh Claudette Werleigh was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to February 7, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.She had previously been Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Religion in 1993 and 1995...	7 November 1995	27 February 1996	Prime Minister
8		Rosny Smarth Rosny Smarth Rosny Smarth was Prime Minister of Haiti briefly, 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.-References:...	27 February 1996	20 October 1997	Prime Minister
Vacant (21 October 1997-26 March 1999)
9		Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis 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....	26 March 1999	2 March 2001	Prime Minister
10		Jean Marie Chérestal Jean Marie Chérestal -References:...	2 March 2001	15 March 2002	Prime Minister
11		Yvon Neptune Yvon Neptune Yvon Neptune was Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 until 2004. He was appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and took office on March 15, 2002...	15 March 2002	12 March 2004	Prime Minister
12		Gérard Latortue Gérard Latortue Gérard Latortue 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 suffered a coup...	12 March 2004	9 June 2006	Prime Minister
13		Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Édouard Alexis 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....	9 June 2006	5 September 2008	Prime Minister
14		Michèle Pierre-Louis Michèle Pierre-Louis Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis is a Haitian politician who was Prime Minister of Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009...	5 September 2008	11 November 2009	Prime Minister
15		Jean-Max Bellerive Jean-Max Bellerive Jean-Max Bellerive is a Haitian politician and outgoing Prime Minister of Haiti. He resigned on 14 May 2011.-Personal life:Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor, he left Haiti at a very young age to study in Switzerland, France, and Belgium...	11 November 2009	18 October 2011	Prime Minister
16		Garry Conille Garry Conille Dr. Garry Conille is a Haitian academic, development worker, author, and current Prime Minister of Haiti.-Early life:...	18 October 2011	Incumbent	Prime Minister

See also

• President of Haiti
  President of Haiti
  The President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...
  
  
• List of heads of state of Haiti