Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Haiti)

Ministry of Justice and Public Security
	Coat of arms of Haiti
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Jurisdiction	Government of Haiti
Minister responsible	Carlos Hercules;
Website	http://mjsp.gouv.ht/

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security (French: ministère de la Justice et de la Sécurité publique, MJSP) is a ministry of the Government of Haiti. This ministry is responsible for law enforcement roles, along with playing an integral role in the Prime Minister's Cabinet.

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8 April 1811 - : Jean-Baptiste Juge, comte de Terre-Neuve
12 October 1816 - 10 March 1819: André Dominique Sabourin
6 May 1819 - 20 February 1827: Jacques Ignace Fresnel
20 February 1827 - 7 January 1844: Jean-Auguste Voltaire
7 January 1844 - 18 February 1845: Honoré Féry
18 February 1845 - 2 March 1846: Beaubrun Ardouin
2 March 1846 - 27 July 1847: Alphonse Larochel
27 July 1847 - 30 September 1847: Joseph François
30 September 1947 - 9 April 1848: Damien Delva
9 April 1848 - 14 February 1851: Jean-Baptiste Francisque, duc de Limbé
14 February 1851 - 15 January 1859: Lysius Salomon, duc de Saint-Louis-du-Sud
17 January 1859 - 24 March 1859: Jean-François Acloque

24 March 1859 - 10 August 1861: Elie Dubois
10 August 1861 - 6 January 1866: Valmé Lizaire
6 January 1866 - 20 February 1866: Jean-Baptiste Damier
20 February 1866 - 13 August 1866: Robert Deslandes
13 August 1866 - 7 March 1867: Dasny Labonté
7 March 1867 - 13 March 1867: Linstant de Pradines
21 March 1867 - 6 May 1867: Ultimo Lafontant
8 May 1867 - 21 July 1867: Linstant de Pradines (2nd time)
21 July 1867 - 10 February 1868: André Germain
10 February 1868 - 20 May 1868: Numa Rigaud
20 May 1868 - 3 August 1868: Alexandre Florent
3 August 1868 - 19 February 1869: Hilaire Jean-Pierre
19 February 1869 - 6 September 1869: Charles Archin
6 September 1869 - 23 March 1870: Dasny Labonté
23 March 1870 - 7 May 1870: Saint-Ilmond Blot
7 May 1870 - 27 April 1871: Benomy Lallemand
27 April 1871 - 29 June 1871: Thomas Madiou
29 June 1871 - 31 December 1871: Désilus Lamour
2 January 1872 - 15 June 1874: Octavius Rameau
15 June 1874 - 24 April 1876: James Boco
24 April 1876 - 17 July 1876: Thimogène Lafontant
20 July 1876 - 25 November 1876: Sauveur Faubert
25 November 1876 - 1 September 1878: Dalbémar Jean-Joseph
1 September 1878 - 1 September 1879: Charles Archin
1 September 1879 - 3 October 1879: Adelson Douyon
3 October 1879 - 3 November 1879: Numa Rigaud
3 November 1879 - 23 January 1880: Thimogène Lafontant
23 January 1880 - 26 August 1881: Charles Archin
26 August 1881 - 31 December 1881: François Denys Légitime
31 December 1881 - 20 August 1883: Thomas Madiou
20 August 1883 - 14 March 1884: Ovide Cameau
14 March 1884 - 16 February 1886: Innocent Michel Pierre
16 February 1886 - 9 July 1886: Lélio Dominique
9 July 1886 - 23 January 1888: Hugon Lechaud
23 January 1888 - 10 August 1888: Jean-Chrisostome Arteaud
1 September 1888 - : Etienne Erystale Claude
19 December 1888 - 25 April 1889: Eugène Margron
25 April 1889 - 31 May 1889: Solon Ménos
31 May 1889 - 20 June 1889: Alix Rossignol
20 June 1889 - 28 October 1889: Maximilien Laforest
28 October 1889 - 18 February 1890: Léger Cauvin
18 February 1890 - 12 August 1890: Hugon Lechaud
12 August 1890 - 1 July 1891: Duverneau Trouillot
1 July 1891 - 19 August 1891: Hugon Lechaud
19 August 1891 - 11 August 1892: Charles Archin
11 August 1892 - 19 May 1894: Edmond Lespinasse
19 May 1894 - 27 December 1894: Ultimo Saint-Amand
27 December 1894 - 17 December 1896: Pourcely Faine
17 December 1896 - 26 July 1897: Solon Ménos
26 July 1897 - 15 December 1897: Aurélus Dyer
15 December 1897 - 17 August 1899: Carméleau Antoine
17 August 1899 - 9 November 1900: Luxembourg Cauvin
9 November 1900 - 12 May 1902: Gédéus Gédéon
20 May 1902 - 21 December 1902: Lalannes
22 December 1902 - 4 April 1903: Ultimo Saint-Amand
4 April 1903 - 4 January 1905: J.J.F. Magny
4 January 1905 - 20 July 1905: Emile Deslandes
20 July 1905 - 6 December 1908: Thrasybule Laleau
8 December 1908 - 19 December 1908: Murat Claude
19 December 1908 - 14 July 1909: J.J.F. Magny
14 July 1909 - 20 July 1911: Jean-Chrisotome Arteaud
20 July 1911 - 4 August 1911: Furcy Châtelain
4 August 1911 - July 1913: Tertulien Guilbaud
July 1913 - 1 October 1913: Etienne Mathon (a. i.)
1 October 1913 - 8 February 1914: Edouard Latortue
8 February 1914 - 10 May 1914: Jacques Nicolas Léger
10 May 1914 - 11 November 1914: Enoch Désert
11 November 1914 - 12 December 1914: Justin Joseph
12 December 1914 - 9 March 1915: Louis Borno
9 March 1915 - 14 May 1915 Tertulien Guilbaud
14 May 1915 - 14 August 1915: David Jeannot
14 August 1915 - 17 April 1917: Etienne Dornéval
17 April 1917 - 3 July 1917: Furcy Châtelain
3 July 1917 - 20 June 1918: Edmond Dupuy
20 June 1918 - 30 September 1918: Ernest Laporte
30 September 1918 - 17 October 1919: Constantin Benoit
17 October 1919 - 15 May 1922: Justin Barau
15 May 1922 - 27 September 1923: Arthur Rameau
27 September 1923 - 20 October 1924: Luc Dominique
20 October 1924 - 21 August 1925: Delabarre Pierre-Louis
21 August 1925 - 20 April 1926: Thimothée Paret
20 April 1926 - 15 November 1926: Emmanuel Cauvin
15 November 1926 - 31 March 1928: Emmanuel Beauvoir
31 March 1928 - 25 November 1929: Arthur Rameau
25 November 1929 - 4 March 1930: Charles Riboul
4 March 1930 - 6 May 1930: Thimothée Paret
6 May 1930 - 15 May 1930: Louis Edouard Rousseau
15 May 1930 - 19 August 1930: Ernest Douyon
19 August 1930 - 22 November 1930: Emmanuel Volel
22 November 1930 - 18 May 1931: Adhémar Auguste
18 May 1931 - 6 October 1931: Thrasybule Laleau
6 October 1931 - 17 May 1932: Emmanuel Rampy
17 May 1932 - 20 September 1933: Elie Lescot
20 September 1933 - 10 October 1936: Joseph Titus
10 October 1936 - 29 November 1937: Odilon Charles
29 November 1937 - 15 September 1938: Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis
15 September 1938 - 5 January 1940: Luc Prophète
5 January 1940 - 10 October 1940: Léon Alfred
10 October 1940 - 7 April 1941: Amilcar Duval
8 April 1941 - 15 May 1941: Christian Latortue
15 May 1941 - 11 January 1946: Vély Thébaud
12 January 1946 - 16 August 1946: Eugène Kerby
19 August 1946 - 20 November 1948: Georges Honorat
26 November 1948 - 6 May 1950: Louis Raymond
6 May 1950 - 10 May 1950: Castel Démesmin
12 May 1950 - 19 August 1950: Emile Saint-Lot
19 August 1950 - 6 December 1950: Lélio Dalencourt
6 December 1950 - 5 May 1951: Montferrier Pierre
5 May 1951 - 29 February 1952: Félix Diambois
29 February 1952 - 1 April 1953: Paracelse Pélissier
1 April 1953 - 31 July 1954: Ducasse Jumelle
31 July 1954 - 6 September 1955: Luc Prophète
6 September 1955 - 29 August 1956: Adelphin Telson
29 August 1956 - 14 December 1956: Alphonse Racine
14 December 1956 - 2 February 1957: Rodolphe Bareau
9 February 1957 - 6 April 1957: Colbert Bonhomme
6 April 1957 - 25 May 1957: Stuart Cambronne
25 May 1957 - 10 June 1957: Seymour Lamothe
10 June 1957 - 14 June 1957: Antony Ervilus
14 June 1957 - 22 October 1957: André Fareau
22 October 1957 - 16 December 1957: Théodore Nicoleau
16 December 1957 - 17 June 1958: Emile Saint-Clair
17 June 1958 - 4 November 1958: Jean Bélizaire
4 November 1958 - 21 September 1959: Lucien Bélizaire
21 September 1959 - 19 December 1959: (Post vacant)
19 December 1959 - 30 May 1961: Luc François
30 May 1961 - 18 January 1963: Simon Desvarieux
18 January 1963 - 9 December 1963: Antoine Marthold
9 December 1963 - 22 May 1967: Rameau Estimé
22 May 1967 - 25 November 1968: Simon Desvarieux
25 November 1968 - : Rameau Estimé (2nd time)
22 April 1970 - 19 October 1970: Simon Desvarieux
19 October 1970 - 15 November 1972: Jean-André Rousseau
15 November 1972 - 20 March 1974: Fournier Fortuné
23 March 1974 - 27 May 1977: Aurélien Jeanty
27 May 1977 - 3 November 1978: Michel Fièvre
3 November 1978 - 23 April 1980: Ewald Alexis
23 April 1980 - 5 January 1981: Rock Raymond
5 January 1981 - 3 February 1982: Rodrigue Casimir
3 February 1982 - 12 July 1982: Dantès Colimon
12 July 1982 - 29 December 1982: Bertholand Edouard
29 December 1982 - 24 February 1984: Rodrigue Casimir
24 February 1984 - 3 October 1984: Jean Vandal
3 October 1984 - 10 June 1985: Pierre Gonzales
10 June 1985 - 30 December 1985: Théodore Achille
30 December 1985 - 7 February 1986: Jean Vandal
7 February 1986 - 20 March 1986: Gérard Gourgue
24 March 1986 - 5 January 1987: François Latortue
5 January 1987 - 7 February 1988: François Saint-Fleur
12 February 1988 - 20 June 1988: Martial Célestin
20 June 1988 - 18 September 1988: Fritz Antoine
18 September 1988 - 16 February 1989: Gilbert Austin
16 February 1989 - 16 March 1990: Augustin Romain Cème
16 March 1990 - 19 February 1991: Pierre Labissière
19 February 1991 - 17 May 1991: Bayard Vincent
17 May 1991 - 30 September 1991: Karl Auguste
15 October 1991 - 14 April 1992: Antoine Leconte
14 April 1992 - 19 June 1992: François Auguste
19 June 1992 - 1 September 1993: Moyse Sénatus
1 September 1993 - 14 October 1993: François Guy Malary
14 October 1993 - 16 May 1994: (Post vacant)
16 May 1994 - 8 November 1994: Luc Toussaint
8 November 1994 - 24 January 1995: Ernest Mallebranche
24 January 1995 - 7 November 1995: Jean-Joseph Exumé
7 November 1995 - 6 March 1996: René Magloire
6 March 1996 - 24 March 1999: Pierre-Max Antoine
24 March 1999 - 2 March 2001: Camille Leblanc
2 March 2001 - 18 March 2002: Gary Lissade
18 March 2002 - 30 September 2002: Jean-Baptiste Brown
30 September 2002 - 29 February 2004: Calixte Delatour
17 March 2004 - 14 June 2005: Bernard Gousse
23 June 2005 - 9 June 2006: Henri Marge Dorléans
9 June 2006 - 5 September 2008: René Magloire
5 September 2008 - 10 November 2008: Michèle Pierre-Louis (f) (a. i.)
10 November 2008 - 11 November 2009: Jean-Joseph Exumé
11 November 2009 - 27 June 2011: Paul Denis
27 June 2011 - 18 October 2011: Jean-Max Bellerive (a. i.)
19 October 2011 - 22 November 2011: Josué Pierre-Louis
22 November 2011 - 12 December 2011: Garry Conille (a. i.)
12 December 2011 - 8 May 2012: Michel Brunache
8 May 2012 - 18 January 2015: Jean Renel Sanon
18 January 2015 - 23 March 2016: Pierre-Richard Casimir
23 March 2016 - 13 March 2017: Camille Edouard, Jr
13 March 2017 - ?: Heidi Fortuné
March 2020 - 9 July 2020: Lucmanne Delille^[1]^[2]
9 July 2020 - 15 September 2021: Rockefeller Vincent^[3]^[4]
15 September 2021 - ?: Liszt Quitel (a. i.)^[5]
? - November 2022: Berto Dorcé^[6]
14 November 2022 - 24 April 2024: Emmelie Prophète^[7]
12 June 2024 - present: Carlos Hercules^[8]

[1]
Haiti Appoints New Justice Minister As Violent Crime Increases
[2]
Rockefeller Vincent is appointed Haiti’s Minister of Justice
[3]
"Crisis en Haití: el Gobierno aseguró haber frustrado un intento de golpe de Estado". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
[4]
Coto, Dánica; Sanon, Evens (15 September 2021). "Haiti faces fresh instability as PM comes under scrutiny". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
[5]
"Haiti PM names new justice minister amid questions over links to president's assassins". Agence France-Presse. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
[6]
"Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions". Associated Press. 2022-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28.
[7]
"Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions". Associated Press. 2022-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28.
[8]
"Haiti's new government ministers sworn into office". Loop News. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

[1] [1]
Haiti Appoints New Justice Minister As Violent Crime Increases

[2] [2]
Rockefeller Vincent is appointed Haiti’s Minister of Justice

[Vincent-3] [3]
"Crisis en Haití: el Gobierno aseguró haber frustrado un intento de golpe de Estado". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[4] [4]
Coto, Dánica; Sanon, Evens (15 September 2021). "Haiti faces fresh instability as PM comes under scrutiny". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[5] [5]
"Haiti PM names new justice minister amid questions over links to president's assassins". Agence France-Presse. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[6] [6]
"Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions". Associated Press. 2022-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28.

[7] [7]
"Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions". Associated Press. 2022-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28.

[8] [8]
"Haiti's new government ministers sworn into office". Loop News. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

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