# Ministry of Defense (Haiti)

The Ministry of Defense (French: Ministère de la Défense) is a ministry of the Government of Haiti. This ministry is responsible for military and defense of the country, along with playing an integral role in the Prime Minister's Cabinet.

## List of ministers

* 2 September 1804 - 17 October 1806: Etienne Gérin
* post suspended
* 14 March 1843 - 4 April 1843: André Laudun
* 4 April 1843 - 7 January 1844: Philippe Guerrier
* 7 January 1844 - 3 May 1844: Hérard Dumesle
* 3 May 1844 - 1 March 1846: Jacques Sylvain Hyppolite
* 1 March 1846 - 16 November 1846: Tape-à-l'Oeil Lazarre
* 16 November 1846 - 3 April 1847: Alexis Dupuy
* 3 April 1847 - 9 April 1848: Jean M. Paul
* 9 April 1848 - 15 January 1859: Louis Dufrene (duc de Tiburon)
* 17 January 1859 - 10 August 1861: Thimoléon Déjoie
* 10 August 1861 - 31 January 1863: Laguerre Obas
* 31 January 1863 - 13 August 1866: Théodate Philippeaux
* 13 August 1866 - 7 March 1867: Jean-Pierre Hector
* 7 March 1867 - 13 March 1867: J.J. Saint-Victor
* 8 May 1867 - 18 February 1869: Ménélas Clément
* 18 February 1869 - 6 September 1869: Casseus Daniel
* 6 September 1869 - 6 November 1869: Victorin Chevalier
* 8 November 1869 - 29 December 1869: Innocent Michel Pierre
* 29 December 1869 - 23 March 1870: Montmorency Benjamin
* 23 March 1870 - 27 April 1871: Pierre Monplaisir Pierre
* 27 April 1871 – 15 July 1871: Jean-François Cauvin
* 15 July 1871 - 15 May 1874: Saul Liautaud
* 15 May 1874 - 24 April 1876: Prosper Faure
* 24 April 1876 – 20 July 1876: Morin Montasse
* 20 July 1876 – 24 November 1876: Casseus Daniel (2nd time)
* 24 November 1876 - 17 July 1878: Auguste Montas
* 17 July 1878 - 14 November 1878: Turenne Carrié
* 14 November 1878 – 30 June 1879: Jean-Chrisostome François
* 30 June 1879 - 17 August 1879 : Armand Thoby (a.i)
* 1 September 1879 - 3 October 1879: Hériston Hérissé
* 3 October 1879 - 3 November 1879: Séïde Thélémaque
* 3 November 1879 - 31 December 1881: Henri Piquant
* 31 December 1881 - 14 March 1884: Innocent Michel Pierre (2nd time)
* 14 March 1884 - 15 May 1887: A. Roul Brenor Prophète
* 15 May 1887 - 10 August 1888: Tirésias Simon Sam
* September 1888 - 28 September 1888: Séïde Thélémaque
* 1 October 1888 - 15 October 1888: Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal
* 19 November 1888 - 27 April 1889: Anselme Prophète
* 27 April 1889 - 31 May 1889: Joseph Cadet Jérémie (a.i.)
* 31 May 1889 - 29 October 1889: Sénèque M. Pierre
* 29 October 1889 - 12 August 1890: Borno Monpoint
* 12 August 1890 - 19 August 1891: Jean-Baptiste Béliard
* 19 August 1891 - 11 August 1892: Morin Montasse
* 11 August 1892 - 5 October 1893: Turenne Jean-Gilles
* 5 October 1893 - 24 October 1893: Fabius Ducasse (a.i.)
* 24 October 1893 - 27 December 1893: Adelson Verne
* 27 December 1893 - 31 March 1896: Tirésias Simon Sam (2nd time)
* 6 April 1896 - 17 December 1896: Borno Monpoint (2nd time)
* 17 December 1896 - 13 December 1897: Septimus Marius
* 13 December 1897 - 12 May 1902: Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
* 20 May 1902 - 21 December 1902: Pierre Nord Alexis
* 22 December 1902 - 6 December 1908: Cyriaque Célestin
* 8 December 1908 - 19 December 1908: Charles Roland
* 19 December 1908 - 19 July 1911: Septimus Marius (2nd time)
* 20 July 1911 - 4 August 1911: Horelle Monplaisir
* 4 August 1911 - 16 August 1911: Oreste Zamor
* 16 August 1911 - 16 September 1912: Horacius Limage Philippe
* 16 September 1912 - 17 May 1913: François Beaufossé Laroche
* 17 May 1913 – February 1914: Philippe Argant
* 8 February 1914 – 11 November 1914: Félesmin Etienne
* 11 November 1914 – 27 February 1915: Charles Salnave
* 9 March 1915 – 30 April 1915: Mizaël Codio
* 30 April 1915 – 27 July 1915: Jean-François Milfort
* 14 August 1915 - 3 October 1915: Charles Leconte
* 3 October 1915 - 18 December 1915: Joseph Dessources
* 18 December 1915 - 9 May 1916: Annulysse André
* Post abolished
* 1942–1946: Vély Thébaud
* 1946: Paul Magloire
* 1947–1948: Georges Honorat
* 1948–1950: Louis Raymond
* 1950: Castel Démesmin
* 1950: Paul Magloire
* 1950: Luc Fouché
* 1950–1952: Arsène Magloire
* 1952–1953: Paracelse Pélissier
* 1953–1954: Ducasse Jumelle
* 1954–1955: Luc Prophète
* 1955–1956: Adelphin Telson
* 1956: Alphonse Racine
* 1956–1957: Rodolphe Barau
* 1957: Thézalus Pierre-Etienne
* 1957: Léonce Bernard
* 1957: Seymour Lamothe
* 1957: Gaston Georges
* 1957–1959: Frédéric Duvigneau
* 1959: Jean A. Magloire
* 1959–1961: Aurèle Joseph
* 1961–1962: Boileau Méhu
* 1962–1964: Luc D. François
* 1964–1967: Jean M. Julmé
* 1967: Morille Figaro
* 1967–1971: Aurèle Joseph
* 1971–1972: Luckner Cambronne
* 1972–1973: Roger Lafontant
* 1973–1974: Breton Nazaire
* 1974–1976: Paul Blanchet
* 1976–1977: Pierre Biamby
* 1977–1978: Aurélien Jeanty
* 1978–1979: Achille Salvant
* 1979: Bertholand Edouard
* 1979–1980: Claude Raymond
* 1980–1981: Frantz Médard
* 1981–1982: Edouard Berrouet
* 1982: Joseph Alexis Guerrier
* 1982–1985: Roger Lafontant
* 1985: François Guillaume
* 1985: Jean-Marie Chanoine
* 1985–1986: Pierre Merceron
* 1986–1988: Williams Régala
* 1988–1989: Carl Dorsainville
* 1989: Acédius Saint-Louis
* 1989–1990: Fritz Romulus
* 1990–1991: Jean Thomas
* 1991: René Préval
* 1991–1992: Gracia Jean
* 1992: Serge M. Charles
* 1992–1993: Carl-Michel Nicholas
* 1993–1994: Jean Béliotte
* 1994: Willio Noailles
* 1994: Carl-Michel Nicholas
* 1994–1996: Wilthan Lhérisson
* 1996–2011: Post abolished
* 2011–2012: Thierry Mayard-Paul
* 2012–2014: Jean Rodolphe Joazile
* 2014–2016: Lener Renaud
* 2016-2017:Enex Jean-Charles
* 2017-2019:Hervé Denis
* 2020 - 2021: Jean W. Dorneval
* 2021-2024: Énold Joseph
* 2024-2024: Jean-Marc Bernier Antoine
* 2024-current: Jean Michel Moïse