President of Haiti

The **President of the Republic of Haiti** (, ) 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.

## Qualifications

To be elected President, a candidate must:
1. be a native-born Haitian and never renounced that nationality;
1. have reached the age of 35 by election day;
1. be the owner of a real property and have one's habitual residence in the country;
1. reside in the country at least 5 years before election day;
1. have been discharged of responsibilities if previously handling public funds.

### Saint-Domingue (1791–1804)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Toussaint Louverture**|1 January 1791|6 May 1802|11 years, 127 days|Independent||||
|colspan="9" align="center"|_Vacant (6 May 1802–1 January 1804)_||||||||
||**Jean-Jacques Dessalines**|1 January 1804|_22 September 1804_|265 days|Independent|Governor-General of Haiti|||

### First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Period of reign|**Time in office**|Coronation|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Jacques I**|_22 September 1804_|17 October 1806|2 years, 25 days|8 October 1804|Emperor of Haiti|||

### State of Haiti (1806–1811)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Henri Christophe**|17 October 1806|_28 March 1811_|4 years, 163 days|Independent||||

### Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Period of reign|**Time in office**|Coronation|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Henri I**|_28 March 1811_|8 October 1820|9 years, 192 days|2 June 1811|King of Haiti|||

### Republic of Haiti (1806–1822)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Alexandre Pétion**|17 October 1806|29 March 1818|11 years, 165 days|Independent||||
||**Jean-Pierre Boyer**|30 March 1818|_9 February 1822_|3 years, 314 days|Independent|President for Life|||

### Republic of Haiti during the unification of Hispaniola (1822–1844)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Jean-Pierre Boyer**|_9 February 1822_|13 February 1843|21 years, 5 days|Independent|President for Life|||
||**Charles Rivière-Hérard**|4 April 1843|_27 February 1844_|329 days|Independent|President|||

### Republic of Haiti (1844–1849)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Charles Rivière-Hérard**|_27 February 1844_|3 May 1844|66 days|Independent|President|||
||**Philippe Guerrier**|3 May 1844|15 April 1845|348 days|Independent|President|||
||**Jean-Louis Pierrot**|16 April 1845|24 March 1846|342 days|Independent|President|||
||**Jean-Baptiste Riché**|24 March 1846|28 February 1847|342 days|Independent|President|||
||**Faustin Soulouque**|2 March 1847|_26 August 1849_|2 years, 176 days|Independent|President|||

### Second Empire of Haiti (1849–1859)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|colspan=2|Period of reign|**Time in office**|Coronation|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Faustin I**|_26 August 1849_|22 January 1859|9 years, 148 days|18 April 1852|Emperor of Haiti|||

### Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)

||Portrait|width=180|Name|Elected|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Fabre Geffrard**|—|22 January 1859|13 March 1867|8 years, 50 days|Independent|President|||
||**Nissage Saget**|—|20 March 1867|2 May 1867|44 days|Independent|Provisional President|||
||**Sylvain Salnave**|—|4 May 1867|27 December 1869|2 years, 236 days|Independent|President|||
||**Nissage Saget**|—|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|||
||**Michel Domingue**|—|14 June 1874|15 April 1876|1 year, 306 days|Independent|President|||
||**Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal**|—|23 April 1876|17 July 1879|3 years, 85 days|Liberal Party||||
||**Joseph Lamothe**|—|26 July 1879|2 October 1879|3 years, 66 days|Independent|Provisional President|||
||**Lysius Salomon**|—|2 October 1879|10 August 1888|8 years, 312 days|National Party|President|||
||**Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal**|—|10 August 1888|16 October 1888|67 days|Liberal Party|Provisional President|||
||**François Denys Légitime**|—|16 October 1888|23 August 1889|311 days|Liberal Party|President|||
||**Monpoint Jeune**|—|23 August 1889|17 October 1889|55 days|Independent|Provisional President|||
||**Florvil Hyppolite**|—|17 October 1889|24 March 1896|6 years, 160 days|National Party|President|||
||**Tirésias Simon Sam**|—|31 March 1896|12 May 1902|6 years, 43 days|National Party|President|||
||**Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal**|—|26 May 1902|17 December 1902|206 days|Liberal Party|Provisional President|||
||**Pierre Nord Alexis**|—|21 December 1902|2 December 1908|5 years, 346 days|Military|President|||
||**François C. Antoine Simon**|—|6 December 1908|3 August 1911|2 years, 242 days|Liberal Party|President|||
||**Cincinnatus Leconte**|—|15 August 1911|8 August 1912|359 days|National Party|President|||
||**Tancrède Auguste**|—|8 August 1912|2 May 1913|268 days|National Party|President|||
||**Michel Oreste**|—|12 May 1913|27 January 1914|261 days|Independent|President|||
||**Oreste Zamor**|—|8 February 1914|29 October 1914|264 days|Military|President|||
||**Joseph Davilmar Théodore**|—|7 November 1914|22 February 1915|108 days|Military|President|||
||**Vilbrun Guillaume Sam**|—|25 February 1915|28 July 1915|154 days|Military|President|||
||**Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave**|—|12 August 1915|15 May 1922|6 years, 276 days|Independent|President|||
||**Louis Borno**|—|15 May 1922|15 May 1930|8 years|Independent|President|||
||**Louis Eugène Roy**|—|15 May 1930|18 November 1930|187 days|Independent|President|||
||**Sténio Vincent**|—|18 November 1930|15 May 1941|10 years, 179 days|Independent|President|||
||**Élie Lescot**|—|15 May 1941|11 January 1946|4 years, 240 days|Liberal Party|President|||
||**Franck Lavaud**|—|11 January 1946|16 August 1946|217 days|Military|Chairman of the Military Executive Committee|||
||**Dumarsais Estimé**|—|16 August 1946|10 May 1950|3 years, 267 days|Independent|President|||
||**Franck Lavaud**|—|10 May 1950|6 December 1950|210 days|Military|Chairman of the Government Junta|||
||**Paul Magloire**|1950|6 December 1950|12 December 1956|6 years, 6 days|Peasant Worker Movement|President|||
||**Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis**|—|12 December 1956|3 February 1957|54 days|Independent|Provisional President|||
||**Franck Sylvain**|—|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**|—|25 May 1957|14 June 1957|20 days|Peasant Worker Movement|Provisional President|||
||**Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau**|—|14 June 1957|22 October 1957|130 days|Military|Chairman of the Military Council|||

### Republic of Haiti during the Duvalier dynasty (1957–1986)

- _Symbols_
- Presidential referendum
- Constitutional referendum
- Died in office

||Portrait|width=180|Name|Elected|colspan=2|Term of office|**Time in office**|Party|Title(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**François Duvalier**|1957|22 October 1957|21 April 1971|13 years, 182 days|National Unity Party||||
||**Jean-Claude Duvalier**||21 April 1971|7 February 1986|14 years, 290 days|National Unity Party|President for Life|||

### Republic of Haiti (1986–present)

- Symbols
 Indirect election
- Status

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2" width="150"|Name|rowspan="2"|Elected|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Party|rowspan="2"|Title(s)||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Henri Namphy|—|7 February 1986|7 February 1988|years|Military|President of the National Council of Government||||||||
||Leslie Manigat|1988|7 February 1988|20 June 1988||Rally of Progressive National Democrats|President||||||||
||Henri Namphy|—|20 June 1988|17 September 1988||Military|President||||||||
||Prosper Avril|—|17 September 1988|10 March 1990||Military|President||||||||
||Hérard Abraham|—|10 March 1990|13 March 1990||Military|Acting President||||||||
||Ertha Pascal-Trouillot|—|13 March 1990|7 February 1991||Independent|Provisional President||||||||
||Jean-Bertrand Aristide|1990–91|7 February 1991|29 September 1991||Struggling People's Organization|President||||||||
||Raoul Cédras|—|29 September 1991|8 October 1991||Military|Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces||||||||
||Joseph Nérette|—|8 October 1991|19 June 1992||Independent|Provisional President||||||||
||Council of Ministers|—|19 June 1992|15 June 1993||Movement for the Instauration of Democracy in Haiti|Council of Ministers||||||||
||Jean-Bertrand Aristide|—|15 June 1993|12 May 1994||Struggling People's Organization|President||||||||
||Émile Jonassaint|—|12 May 1994|12 October 1994||Independent|Provisional President||||||||
||Jean-Bertrand Aristide|—|12 October 1994|7 February 1996||Struggling People's Organization|President||||||||
||René Préval|1995|7 February 1996|7 February 2001|years|Fanmi Lavalas|President||||||||
||Jean-Bertrand Aristide|2000|7 February 2001|29 February 2004||Fanmi Lavalas|President||||||||
||Boniface Alexandre|—|29 February 2004|14 May 2006||Independent|Provisional President||||||||
|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|René Préval|rowspan=2|2006|rowspan=2|14 May 2006|rowspan=2|14 May 2011|rowspan=2|years|Lespwa|rowspan=2|President|
|Inite|||||||||||||||
||Michel Martelly|2010–11|14 May 2011|7 February 2016||Repons Peyizan|President||||||||
||Council of Ministers|—|7 February 2016|14 February 2016||Democratic Alliance Party|Council of Ministers||||||||
||Jocelerme Privert||14 February 2016|7 February 2017||Inite|Provisional President||||||||
||Jovenel Moïse|2016 (Nov)|7 February 2017|7 July 2021†||Haitian Tèt Kale Party|President||||||||
||Council of Ministers|—|7 July 2021|20 July 2021||Independent|Council of Ministers||||||||
||Council of Ministers|—|20 July 2021|24 April 2024||Independent|Council of Ministers||||||||
||Transitional Presidential Council|—|25 April 2024|7 October 2024||Struggling People's Organization|Transitional Presidential Council||||||||
||Transitional Presidential Council|—|7 October 2024|Incumbent||Fanmi Lavalas|Transitional Presidential Council||||||||

## Political parties

||Portrait|width="150"|Name|Elected|colspan="2"|Term of office|Party|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=""|||Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort||7 October 2024|7 October 2024|Haitian Tèt Kale Party (PTHK)|Liberalism Conservative liberalism|
|bgcolor=""|||Andris Riché||8 October 2024|8 October 2024|Struggling People's Organization (OPL)|Social democracy|
|bgcolor=""|||Maryse Narcisse||8 October 2024|8 October 2024|Fanmi Lavalas (FL)|Social democracy Populism|
|bgcolor=""|||Youri Latortue||9 October 2024|9 October 2024|Haiti in Action (AAA)|Nationalism Federalism|
|bgcolor=""|||Serge Vincent||10 October 2024|10 October 2024|Inifos–LAPEH|Liberal conservatism Progressivism|
|bgcolor=""|||Edmonde S. Beauzile||10 October 2024|10 October 2024|Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (PFSDH)|Social democracy Third Way|
|bgcolor=""|||Jean-Henry Céant||11 October 2024|11 October 2024|Renmen Ayiti (RA)|Centrism Social democracy|
|bgcolor=""|||Jean-Charles Moïse||11 October 2024|12 October 2024|Platfòm Pitit Desalin (PPD)|Dessalinism Democratic socialism Left-wing populism|
|bgcolor=""|||André Michel||12 October 2024|12 October 2024|Rally of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP)|Christian democracy Conservatism|
|bgcolor=""|||Charles-Henri Baker||12 October 2024|12 October 2024|Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (UNCRH)|Christian democracy Protectionism Right-wing populism|
|style="background-color:#eb6f09;"|||Jerry Tardieu||13 October 2024|13 October 2024|En Avant|Anti-corruption|
|style="background-color:#cf162b;"|||Guy Philippe||14 October 2024|14 October 2024|Revolutionary Force of National Accord (FREN)||
|style="background-color:#009d47;"|||Claude Joseph||14 October 2024|14 October 2024|Les Engagés pour le Développement  (EDE)|Centrism Syncretism|

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Republic of Haiti
- **insigniasize**: 150
- **insigniacaption**: Haitian Presidential Insignia
- **flag**: Presidential Standard of Haiti.svg
- **flagcaption**: Flag of Haiti, Presidential standard
- **image**: Transitional Presidential Council installation (25 April 2024).jpg
- **incumbent**: Transitional Presidential Council
- **incumbentsince**: 25 April 2024
- **department**: Republic of Haiti, Head of state of the Republic of Haiti
Government of Haiti#President, Executive branch of the Haitian Government
- **residence**: National Palace (Haiti), Palais National
- **seat**: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- **termlength**: Five years
- **termlength qualified**: Renewable once non-consecutively
- **precursor**: Emperor of Haiti
- **first**: Jean Jacques Dessalines
- **succession**: #Line of succession, Line of succession
- **salary**: 250,000 Haitian gourde, Gourdes per month
- **website**: [https://www.communication.gouv.ht/rubrique/presidence/ La Présidence]