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Leader of the Haitian Revolution (1 January 1791 – 6 May 1802) Lieutenant Governor of Saint-Domingue (1797 – 7 July 1801) Governor-General for Life of the entire island of Hispaniola (7 July 1801 – 6 May 1802) Post vacant (6 May 1802 – 1 January 1804) 1. Jean-Jacques Dessalines. (1758–1806) 1 January 1804. 22 September 1804.
1831. 22 September. The city of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince named for Alexandre Pétion, is founded by Boyer. 1838. Haiti's remaining debt to France, 120 million francs, is reduced to 60 million francs. 1842. 7 May. An earthquake strikes northern Haiti, destroying the city of Cap-Haïtien.
The president of Haiti (Haitian Creole: Prezidan peyi Ayiti, French: Président d'Haïti), officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti (French: Président de la République d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti, pronounced [pɣezidã ɣepiblik ajiti]), is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided ...
Jovenel Moïse was born on 26 June 1968, in Trou du Nord, Nord-Est, Haiti. His family relocated to Port-au-Prince in July 1974, where he pursued his primary education at the École Nationale Don Durélin. He continued his secondary education at Lycée Toussaint Louverture and later at the Centre Culturel du Collège Canado-Haïtien.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Jean-Bertrand Aristide (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁtʁɑ̃ aʁistid]; born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti 's first democratically elected president in 1991 before being deposed in a coup d'état. [1][2] As a priest, he taught liberation theology and, as president ...
When a Haitian president is elected, he/she also inherits the power to appoint a prime minister. The National Assembly must ratify this prime minister, and his cabinet.
e. François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. [3] He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform.
The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multiparty system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. [3] The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly. Executive power is exercised by the ...