President of Haiti
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The President of the Republic of Haiti (French: Président de la République d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Prezidan peyi Repiblik Ayiti) is the head of state of Haiti. They serve as the executive power in Haiti. The power is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti. The current acting President is Edgard Leblanc Fils .
President of the Republic of Haiti French: Président de la République d'Haïti Haitian Creole: Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti | |
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Incumbent Edgard Leblanc Fils since 30 April 2024 | |
Style | His Excellency[1] |
Type | Head of state |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Residence | Palais National |
Seat | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Term length | Five years Renewable once non-consecutively |
Precursor | Emperor of Haiti |
Formation | 17 February 1807 |
First holder | Alexandre Pétion |
Succession | Prime Minister |
Salary | 250,000 Gourdes per month[2] |
Website | La Présidence |
To be elected President, a candidate must:
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | ||
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Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803) |
1 January 1791 | 6 May 1802 | 11 years,
127 days |
Independent | 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) | |
Vacant (6 May 1802–1 January 1804) | ||||||||
N/A | ![]() |
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758–1806) |
1 January 1804 | 22 September 1804 | 265 days | Independent | Governor-General of Haiti |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Period of reign | Time in office | Coronation | Title(s) | |
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1 | Jacques I (1758–1806) |
22 September 1804 | 17 October 1806 | 2 years,
25 days |
8 October 1804 | Emperor of Haiti |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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N/A | ![]() |
Henri Christophe (1767–1820) |
17 October 1806 | 28 March 1811 | 4 years,
163 days |
Independent | Provisional Chief of the Haitian Government (17 October 1806 – 17 February 1807) President (17 February 1807 – 28 March 1811)[lower-alpha 1] |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Period of reign | Time in office | Coronation | Title(s) | |
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N/A | ![]() |
Henri I (1767–1820) |
28 March 1811 | 8 October 1820 | 9 years,
192 days |
2 June 1811 | King of Haiti[lower-alpha 2] |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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1 | ![]() |
Alexandre Pétion (1770–1818) |
17 October 1806 | 29 March 1818 | 11 years,
165 days |
Independent | President (17 October 1806 – 9 October 1816) President for Life (9 October 1816 – 29 March 1818)[lower-alpha 3] |
2 | ![]() |
Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850) |
30 March 1818 | 9 February 1822 | 3 years,
314 days |
Independent | President for Life[lower-alpha 4] |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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(2) | ![]() |
Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850) |
9 February 1822 | 13 February 1843 | 21 years,
5 days |
Independent | President for Life |
3 | ![]() |
Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789–1850) |
4 April 1843 | 27 February 1844 | 329 days | Independent | President |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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(3) | ![]() |
Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789–1850) |
27 February 1844 | 3 May 1844 | 66 days | Independent | President |
4 | ![]() |
Philippe Guerrier (1757–1845) |
3 May 1844 | 15 April 1845 | 348 days | Independent | President |
5 | ![]() |
Jean-Louis Pierrot (1761–1857) |
16 April 1845 | 24 March 1846 | 342 days | Independent | President |
6 | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Riché (1780–1847) |
24 March 1846 | 28 February 1847 | 342 days | Independent | President |
7 | ![]() |
Faustin Soulouque (1782–1867) |
2 March 1847 | 26 August 1849 | 2 years,
176 days |
Independent | President |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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8 | ![]() |
Fabre Geffrard (1806–1878) |
— | 22 January 1859 | 13 March 1867 | 8 years,
50 days |
Independent | President |
— | ![]() |
Nissage Saget (1810–1880) |
— | 20 March 1867 | 2 May 1867 | 44 days | Independent | Provisional President |
9 | ![]() |
Sylvain Salnave (1827–1870) |
— | 4 May 1867 | 27 December 1869 | 2 years,
236 days |
Independent | President |
10 | ![]() |
Nissage Saget (1810–1880) |
— | 27 December 1869 | 14 May 1874 | 4 years,
138 days |
Liberal Party | President |
— | ![]() |
Council of Secretaries of State | — | 14 May 1874 | 14 June 1874 | 31 days | Independent | Council of Secretaries of State |
11 | ![]() |
Michel Domingue (1813–1877) |
— | 14 June 1874 | 15 April 1876 | 1 year,
306 days |
Independent | President |
12 | ![]() |
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) |
— | 23 April 1876 | 17 July 1879 | 3 years,
85 days |
Liberal Party | Provisional President (23 April 1876 – 17 July 1876) President (17 July 1876 – 17 July 1879) |
— | ![]() |
Joseph Lamothe (?–1891) |
— | 26 July 1879 | 2 October 1879 | 3 years,
66 days |
Independent | Provisional President |
13 | ![]() |
Lysius Salomon (1815–1888) |
— | 2 October 1879 | 10 August 1888 | 8 years,
312 days |
National Party | President |
— | ![]() |
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) |
— | 10 August 1888 | 16 October 1888 | 67 days | Liberal Party | Provisional President |
14 | ![]() |
François Denys Légitime (1841–1935) |
— | 16 October 1888 | 23 August 1889 | 311 days | Liberal Party | President |
— | ![]() |
Monpoint Jeune (1830–1905) |
— | 23 August 1889 | 17 October 1889 | 55 days | Independent | Provisional President |
15 | ![]() |
Florvil Hyppolite (1828–1896) |
— | 17 October 1889 | 24 March 1896 | 6 years,
160 days |
National Party | President |
16 | ![]() |
Tirésias Simon Sam (1835–1916) |
— | 31 March 1896 | 12 May 1902 | 6 years,
43 days |
National Party | President |
— | ![]() |
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) |
— | 26 May 1902 | 17 December 1902 | 206 days | Liberal Party | Provisional President |
17 | ![]() |
Pierre Nord Alexis (1820–1910) |
— | 21 December 1902 | 2 December 1908 | 5 years,
346 days |
Military | President |
18 | ![]() |
François C. Antoine Simon (1843–1923) |
— | 6 December 1908 | 3 August 1911 | 2 years,
242 days |
Liberal Party | President |
19 | ![]() |
Cincinnatus Leconte (1854–1912) |
— | 15 August 1911 | 8 August 1912 | 359 days | National Party | President[lower-alpha 5] |
20 | ![]() |
Tancrède Auguste (1856–1913) |
— | 8 August 1912 | 2 May 1913 | 268 days | National Party | President |
21 | ![]() |
Michel Oreste (1859–1918) |
— | 12 May 1913 | 27 January 1914 | 261 days | Independent | President |
22 | ![]() |
Oreste Zamor (1861–1915) |
— | 8 February 1914 | 29 October 1914 | 264 days | Military | President |
23 | ![]() |
Joseph Davilmar Théodore (1847–1917) |
— | 7 November 1914 | 22 February 1915 | 108 days | Military | President |
24 | ![]() |
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (1859–1915) |
— | 25 February 1915 | 28 July 1915 | 154 days | Military | President[lower-alpha 6] |
25 | ![]() |
Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave (1863–1926) |
— | 12 August 1915 | 15 May 1922 | 6 years,
276 days |
Independent | President[lower-alpha 7] |
26 | ![]() |
Louis Borno (1865–1942) |
— | 15 May 1922 | 15 May 1930 | 8 years | Independent | President[lower-alpha 7] |
27 | ![]() |
Louis Eugène Roy (1861–1939) |
— | 15 May 1930 | 18 November 1930 | 187 days | Independent | President[lower-alpha 7] |
28 | ![]() |
Sténio Vincent (1874–1959) |
— | 18 November 1930 | 15 May 1941 | 10 years,
179 days |
Independent | President[lower-alpha 8] |
29 | ![]() |
Élie Lescot (1883–1974) |
— | 15 May 1941 | 11 January 1946 | 4 years,
240 days |
Liberal Party | President |
— | ![]() |
Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) |
— | 11 January 1946 | 16 August 1946 | 217 days | Military | Chairman of the Military Executive Committee |
30 | ![]() |
Dumarsais Estimé (1900–1953) |
— | 16 August 1946 | 10 May 1950 | 3 years,
267 days |
Independent | President |
— | ![]() |
Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) |
— | 10 May 1950 | 6 December 1950 | 210 days | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta |
31 | ![]() |
Paul Magloire (1907–2001) |
1950 | 6 December 1950 | 12 December 1956 | 6 years,
6 days |
Peasant Worker Movement | President |
— | ![]() |
Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis (1900–1966) |
— | 12 December 1956 | 3 February 1957 | 54 days | Independent | Provisional President |
— | ![]() |
Franck Sylvain (1909–1987) |
— | 7 February 1957 | 2 April 1957 | 54 days | Independent | Provisional President |
— | ![]() |
Executive Government Council | — | 2 April 1957 | 25 May 1957 | 53 days | Independent | Executive Government Council |
— | ![]() |
Daniel Fignolé (1913–1986) |
— | 25 May 1957 | 14 June 1957 | 20 days | Peasant Worker Movement | Provisional President |
— | ![]() |
Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963) |
— | 14 June 1957 | 22 October 1957 | 130 days | Military | Chairman of the Military Council |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Time in office | Party | Title(s) | |
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32 | ![]() |
François Duvalier (1907–1971) |
1957 1961[P] 1964[C] |
22 October 1957 | 21 April 1971[†] | 13 years,
182 days |
National Unity Party | President (22 October 1957 – 22 June 1964) President for Life (22 June 1964 – 21 April 1971) |
33 | ![]() |
Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951–2014) |
1971[C] 1985[C] |
21 April 1971 | 7 February 1986[lower-alpha 9] | 14 years,
290 days |
National Unity Party | President for Life |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Party | Title(s) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Henri Namphy (1932–2018) |
— | 7 February 1986 | 7 February 1988 | 2 years | Military | President of the National Council of Government | ||
Leslie Manigat (1930–2014) |
1988 | 7 February 1988 | 20 June 1988[lower-alpha 10] | 134 days | Rally of Progressive National Democrats | President | ||
Henri Namphy (1932–2018) |
— | 20 June 1988 | 17 September 1988[lower-alpha 11] | 89 days | Military | President | ||
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Prosper Avril (born 1937) |
— | 17 September 1988 | 10 March 1990 | 1 year, 236 days | Military | President | |
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Hérard Abraham (born 1940) |
— | 10 March 1990 | 13 March 1990 | 3 days | Military | Acting President | |
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Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (born 1943) |
— | 13 March 1990 | 7 February 1991 | 331 days | Independent | Provisional President | |
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) |
1990–91 | 7 February 1991 | 29 September 1991[lower-alpha 12] | 234 days | Lavalas Political Organization | President | |
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Raoul Cédras (born 1949) |
— | 29 September 1991 | 8 October 1991 | 9 days | Military | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces[lower-alpha 13] | |
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Joseph Nérette (1924–2007) |
— | 8 October 1991 | 19 June 1992 | 255 days | Independent | Provisional President | |
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Marc Bazin (1932–2010) |
— | 19 June 1992 | 15 June 1993 | 361 days | Movement for the Instauration of Democracy in Haiti | Acting President | |
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) |
— | 15 June 1993 | 12 May 1994 | 331 days | Lavalas Political Organization | President[lower-alpha 14] | |
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Émile Jonassaint (1913–1995) |
— | 12 May 1994 | 12 October 1994 | 153 days | Independent | Provisional President | |
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) |
— | 12 October 1994 | 7 February 1996 | 1 year, 118 days | Lavalas Political Organization | President[lower-alpha 15] | |
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René Préval (1943–2017) |
1995 | 7 February 1996 | 7 February 2001 | 5 years | Fanmi Lavalas | President | |
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) |
2000 | 7 February 2001 | 29 February 2004[lower-alpha 16] | 3 years, 22 days | Fanmi Lavalas | President | |
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Boniface Alexandre (1936–2023) |
— | 29 February 2004 | 14 May 2006 | 2 years, 75 days | Independent | Provisional President | |
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René Préval (1943–2017) |
2006 | 14 May 2006 | 14 May 2011 | 5 years | Lespwa[lower-alpha 17] | President | |
Inite | ||||||||
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Michel Martelly (born 1961) |
2010–11 | 14 May 2011 | 7 February 2016 | 4 years, 269 days | Repons Peyizan | President | |
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Council of Ministers Prime Minister: Evans Paul |
— | 7 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | 7 days | Independent | Council of Ministers | |
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Jocelerme Privert (born 1953) |
2016 (Feb)[I] | 14 February 2016 | 7 February 2017 | 359 days | Inite | Provisional President[lower-alpha 18] | |
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Jovenel Moïse (1968–2021) |
2016 (Nov) | 7 February 2017 | 7 July 2021[lower-alpha 19] | 4 years, 150 days | Haitian Tèt Kale Party | President | |
Council of Ministers Acting Prime Minister: Claude Joseph |
— | 7 July 2021 | 20 July 2021 | 13 days | Independent | Council of Ministers | ||
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Council of Ministers Prime Minister: Ariel Henry |
— | 20 July 2021 | 25 April 2024 | 2 years, 280 days | Inifos | Council of Ministers | |
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Transitional Presidential Council | — | 25 April 2024 | 30 April 2023 | 5 days | Independent | Transitional Presidential Council | |
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Edgard Leblanc Fils | — | 30 April 2024 | Incumbent | 116 days | Lavalas Political Organization | Transitional Presidential Council |
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