# List of presidents of Haiti

The president of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti, directly elected to a five-year term.

## Presidents

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Title(s) |
| 1 | Toussaint Louverture | 22 August 1791 | 6 May 1802 | Independent | Leader of the Haitian Revolution (22 August 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) |
| 2 | Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758–1806) | 1 January 1804 | 22 September 1804 | Independent | Governor-General of Haiti |
| 3 | Henri Christophe (1767–1820) | 17 October 1806 | 28 March 1811 | Independent | Provisional Chief of the Haitian Government (17 October 1806 – 17 February 1807) President (17 February 1807 – 28 March 1811) |
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| 4 | Alexandre Pétion (1770–1818) | 17 October 1806 | 29 March 1818 | Independent | President (17 October 1806 – 9 October 1816) President for Life (9 October 1816 – 29 March 1818) |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850) | 30 March 1818 | 18 October 1820 | Independent | President for Life |
| Reunified Haiti (1820–1849) |||||||
| (5) | Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850) | 18 October 1820 | 13 February 1843 | Independent | President for Life |
| 6 | Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789–1850) | 4 April 1843 | 3 May 1844 | Independent | President |
| 7 | Philippe Guerrier (1757–1845) | 3 May 1844 | 15 April 1845 | Independent | President |
| 8 | Jean-Louis Pierrot (1761–1857) | 16 April 1845 | 1 March 1846 | Independent | President |
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Riché (1780–1847) | 1 March 1846 | 27 February 1847 | Independent | President |
| 10 | Faustin Soulouque (1782–1867) | 2 March 1847 | 26 August 1849 | Independent | President |
| 11 | Fabre Geffrard (1806–1878) | 22 January 1859 | 13 March 1867 | Independent | President |
| 12 | Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget (1810–1880) | 13 March 1867 | 4 May 1867 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 13 | Sylvain Salnave (1827–1870) | 4 May 1867 | 27 December 1869 | Independent | President |
| 14 | Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget (1810–1880) | 27 December 1869 | 14 May 1874 | Liberal Party | President |
| — | Council of Secretaries of State | 14 May 1874 | 14 June 1874 | Independent | Council of Secretaries of State |
| 15 | Michel Domingue (1813–1877) | 14 June 1874 | 15 April 1876 | National Party | President |
| 16 | Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) | 23 April 1876 | 17 July 1879 | Liberal Party | Provisional President (23 April 1876 – 17 July 1876) President (17 July 1876 – 17 July 1879) |
| — | Public Order Committee | 17 July 1879 | 26 July 1879 | Independent | A Committee took over the government after Boisrond-Canal's departure. It was composed of senator Darius Denis as president and deputy Demesvar Delorme as vice-president. |
| 17 | Joseph Lamothe (?–1891) | 26 July 1879 | 3 October 1879 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 18 | Florvil Hyppolite (1828–1896) | 3 October 1879 | 26 October 1879 | National Party | Provisional government: Florvil Hyppolite, Richelieu Duperval, Seide Thélémaque, Tirésias Simon Sam and Lysius Salomon. |
| 19 | Lysius Salomon (1815–1888) | 26 October 1879 | 10 August 1888 | National Party | President |
| 20 | Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) | 10 August 1888 | 16 October 1888 | Liberal Party | Provisional President |
| 21 | François Denys Légitime (1841–1935) | 16 October 1888 | 23 August 1889 | Liberal Party | President |
| 22 | Monpoint Jeune (1830–1905) | 23 August 1889 | 17 October 1889 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 23 | Florvil Hyppolite (1828–1896) | 17 October 1889 | 24 March 1896 | National Party | President |
| 24 | Tirésias Simon Sam (1835–1916) | 31 March 1896 | 12 May 1902 | National Party | President |
| 25 | Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832–1905) | 26 May 1902 | 17 December 1902 | Liberal Party | Provisional President |
| 26 | Pierre Nord Alexis (1820–1910) | 21 December 1902 | 2 December 1908 | Military | President |
| — | Commission for Public Order | 2 December 1908 | 6 December 1908 | Independent | |
| 27 | François C. Antoine Simon (1843–1923) | 6 December 1908 | 2 August 1911 | Liberal Party | President |
| 28 | Cincinnatus Leconte (1854–1912) | 15 August 1911 | 8 August 1912 | National Party | President |
| 29 | Tancrède Auguste (1856–1913) | 8 August 1912 | 2 May 1913 | National Party | President |
| 30 | Michel Oreste (1859–1918) | 12 May 1913 | 27 January 1914 | Independent | President |
| 31 | Edmond Polynice (? – ?) | 27 January 1914 | 8 February 1914 | Military | Provisional President |
| 32 | Oreste Zamor (1861–1915) | 8 February 1914 | 29 October 1914 | Military | President |
| 33 | Edmond Polynice (? – ?) | 29 October 1914 | 6 November 1914 | Military | Provisional President |
| 34 | Joseph Davilmar Théodore (1847–1917) | 7 November 1914 | 22 February 1915 | Military | President |
| 35 | Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (1859–1915) | 25 February 1915 | 28 July 1915 | Military | President |
| 36 | Revolutionary Committee | 28 July 1915 | 11 August 1915 | Independent | |
| 37 | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave (1863–1926) | 12 August 1915 | 15 May 1922 | Independent | President |
| 38 | Louis Borno (1865–1942) | 15 May 1922 | 15 May 1930 | Independent | President |
| 39 | Louis Eugène Roy (1861–1939) | 15 May 1930 | 18 November 1930 | Independent | President |
| 40 | Sténio Vincent (1874–1959) | 18 November 1930 | 15 May 1941 | Independent | President |
| 41 | Élie Lescot (1883–1974) | 15 May 1941 | 11 January 1946 | Liberal Party | President |
| 42 | Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | 11 January 1946 | 16 August 1946 | Military | Chairman of the Military Executive Committee |
| 43 | Dumarsais Estimé (1900–1953) | 16 August 1946 | 10 May 1950 | Independent | President |
| 44 | Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | 10 May 1950 | 6 December 1950 | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta |
| 45 | Paul Magloire (1907–2001) | 6 December 1950 | 12 December 1956 | Peasant Worker Movement | President |
| 46 | Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis (1900–1966) | 12 December 1956 | 3 February 1957 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 47 | Franck Sylvain (1909–1987) | 7 February 1957 | 2 April 1957 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 48 | Léon Cantave (1910–1967) | 2 April 1957 | 6 April 1957 | Military | Acting President |
| 49 | Executive Government Council | 6 April 1957 | 20 May 1957 | Independent | Executive Government Council |
| 50 | Léon Cantave (1910–1967) | 20 May 1957 | 25 May 1957 | Military | Acting President |
| 51 | Daniel Fignolé (1913–1986) | 25 May 1957 | 14 June 1957 | Peasant Worker Movement | Provisional President |
| 52 | Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963) | 14 June 1957 | 22 October 1957 | Military | Chairman of the Military Council |
| 53 | François Duvalier (1907–1971) | 22 October 1957 | 21 April 1971† | National Unity Party | President (22 October 1957 – 22 June 1964) President for Life (22 June 1964 – 21 April 1971) |
| 54 | Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951–2014) | 21 April 1971 | 7 February 1986 | National Unity Party | President for Life |
| 55 | Henri Namphy (1932–2018) | 7 February 1986 | 7 February 1988 | Military | President of the National Council of Government |
| 56 | Leslie Manigat (1930–2014) | 7 February 1988 | 20 June 1988 (Deposed) | Rally of Progressive National Democrats | President |
| 57 | Henri Namphy (1932–2018) | 20 June 1988 | 17 September 1988 (Deposed) | Military | President |
| 58 | Prosper Avril (born 1937) | 17 September 1988 | 10 March 1990 | Military | President |
| 59 | Hérard Abraham (1940–2022) | 10 March 1990 | 13 March 1990 | Military | Acting President |
| 60 | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (born 1943) | 13 March 1990 | 7 February 1991 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 61 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) | 7 February 1991 | 29 September 1991 (Deposed) | Struggling People's Organization | President |
| 62 | Raoul Cédras (born 1949) | 29 September 1991 | 8 October 1991 | Military | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| 63 | Joseph Nérette (1924–2007) | 8 October 1991 | 19 June 1992 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 64 | Council of Ministers Prime Minister: Marc Bazin (1932–2010) | 19 June 1992 | 15 June 1993 | Movement for the Instauration of Democracy in Haiti | Council of Ministers |
| 65 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) | 15 June 1993 | 12 May 1994 | Struggling People's Organization | President |
| 66 | Émile Jonassaint (1913–1995) | 12 May 1994 | 12 October 1994 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 67 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) | 12 October 1994 | 7 February 1996 | Struggling People's Organization | President |
| 68 | René Préval (1943–2017) | 7 February 1996 | 7 February 2001 | Fanmi Lavalas | President |
| 69 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 1953) | 7 February 2001 | 29 February 2004 (Deposed) | Fanmi Lavalas | President |
| 70 | Boniface Alexandre (1936–2023) | 29 February 2004 | 14 May 2006 | Independent | Provisional President |
| 71 | René Préval (1943–2017) | 14 May 2006 | 14 May 2011 | Lespwa (until 2009) | President |
| 71 | René Préval (1943–2017) | 14 May 2006 | 14 May 2011 | Inite | President |
| 72 | Michel Martelly (born 1961) | 14 May 2011 | 7 February 2016 | Repons Peyizan | President |
| 73 | Council of Ministers Prime Minister: Evans Paul (born 1955) | 7 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Democratic Alliance Party | Council of Ministers |
| 74 | Jocelerme Privert (born 1953) | 14 February 2016 | 7 February 2017 | Inite | Provisional President |
| 75 | Jovenel Moïse (1968–2021) | 7 February 2017 | 7 July 2021† | Haitian Tèt Kale Party | President |
| 76 | Council of Ministers Acting Prime Minister: Claude Joseph | 7 July 2021 | 20 July 2021 | Independent | Council of Ministers |
| 76 | Council of Ministers Acting Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (born 1949) | 20 July 2021 | 24 April 2024 | Independent | Council of Ministers |
| 77 | Transitional Presidential Council Chairman: Edgard Leblanc Fils (born 1955) | 25 April 2024 | 7 October 2024 | Struggling People's Organization | Transitional Presidential Council |
| 78 | Transitional Presidential Council Chairman: Leslie Voltaire (born 1949) | 7 October 2024 | Incumbent | Fanmi Lavalas | Transitional Presidential Council |

## Acting Presidents

| Image | Vice President | Took office | Left office | President | Notes |
| | Michel Domingue (1813–1877) | 27 December 1869 | 16 March 1870 | Nissage Saget | Vice President of the provisional government |
| | Septimus Rameau (1826–1876) | 10 September 1874 | 15 April 1876† | Michel Domingue | Died of injuries sustained during riots |