# List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

This article lists the commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti (French: Forces Armées d'Haïti—FAd'H), from the end of the U.S. occupation in 1934 through the disbandment of the FAd'H in 1995, during the Operation Uphold Democracy, until the reinstatement of the FAd'H in 2017.

## Officeholders
### Commanders of the Guard of Haiti

| No. | Commander of the Guard | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | Calixte, Démosthènes PétrusColonel Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte (c. 1899–?) | 1 August 1934 | 9 January 1938 | 3 years, 161 days | Haitian Army |
| 2 | André, JulesColonel Jules André | 9 January 1938 | 28 August 1944 | 6 years, 232 days | Haitian Army |
| 3 | Lavaud, FranckColonel Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | 28 August 1944 | 5 September 1946 | 2 years, 8 days | Haitian Army |

### Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army

| No. | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| (3) | Lavaud, FranckBrigadier general Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | 5 September 1946 | 6 December 1950 | 4 years, 92 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 4 | Levelt, AntoineBrigadier general Antoine Levelt [fr] (1910–?) | 6 December 1950 | 13 December 1956 | 6 years, 7 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 5 | Cantave, LéonBrigadier general Léon Cantave (1910–1967) | 13 December 1956 | 26 May 1957 | 164 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 6 | Kébreau, Antonio ThrasybuleBrigadier general Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963) | 26 May 1957 | 12 March 1958 | 290 days | Haitian Army | |
| 7 | Flambert, Maurice P.Major general Maurice P. Flambert | 12 March 1958 | 7 December 1958 | 269 days | Haitian Army | |
| 8 | Merceron, PierreMajor general Pierre Merceron | 7 December 1958 | 6 September 1961 | 2 years, 273 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 9 | Boucicault, Jean-RenéBrigadier general Jean-René Boucicault | 7 September 1961 | 9 August 1962 | 336 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 10 | Constant, GérardBrigadier general Gérard Constant | 9 August 1962 | 8 December 1970 | 8 years, 121 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 11 | Raymond, ClaudeLieutenant general Claude Raymond | 8 December 1970 | 11 August 1973 | 2 years, 246 days | Haitian Army | |
| 12 | Hilaire, Jean-BaptisteLieutenant general Jean-Baptiste Hilaire | 11 August 1973 | 6 September 1978 | 5 years, 26 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 13 | Saint-Albin, RogerLieutenant general Roger Saint-Albin | 7 September 1978 | 23 March 1984 | 5 years, 198 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 14 | Namphy, HenriLieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018) | 23 March 1984 | 4 November 1987 | 3 years, 226 days | Haitian Army | – |

### Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

| No. | Commander-in-chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| (14) | Namphy, HenriLieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018) | 4 November 1987 | 17 June 1988 | 226 days | Haitian Army | |
| – | Gousse, MortonBrigadier general Morton Gousse Acting | 17 June 1988 | 19 June 1988 | 2 days | Haitian Army | |
| 15 | Nicolas, Carl-MichelMajor general Carl-Michel Nicolas | 19 June 1988 | 17 September 1988 | 90 days | Haitian Army | |
| 16 | Avril, ProsperLieutenant general Prosper Avril (born 1937) | 17 September 1988 | 10 March 1990 | 1 year, 174 days | Haitian Army | |
| 17 | Abraham, HérardLieutenant general Hérard Abraham (1940–2022) | 10 March 1990 | 2 July 1991 | 1 year, 114 days | Haitian Army | – |
| 18 | Cédras, RaoulLieutenant general Raoul Cédras (born 1949) | 2 July 1991 | 10 October 1994 | 3 years, 100 days | Haitian Army | |
| – | Duperval, Jean-ClaudeMajor general Jean-Claude Duperval (1947–2020) Acting | 10 October 1994 | 17 November 1994 | 38 days | Haitian Army | |
| 19 | Poisson, BernardinBrigadier general Bernardin Poisson (born 1948) | 17 November 1994 | 20 February 1995 | 95 days | Haitian Army | |
| Armed Forces disbanded (20 February 1995 – 17 November 2017) ||||||||
| – | Lessage, JodelLieutenant general Jodel Lessage (born 1954) Acting | 17 November 2017 | 21 August 2024 | 6 years, 278 days | Haitian Army | |
| – | Guerrier, DerbyLieutenant general Derby Guerrier (born 1949) Acting | 21 August 2024 | Incumbent | 192 days | Haitian Army | |