Clément Haentjens (born 30 May 1847 – 16 January 1923) was a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an diplomat and politician.

Biography

Haentjens is the son of

Charles Haentjens Charles Borromée Haentjens (born 27 November 1821 - 21 July 1874), was a Haitian diplomat and politician. Biography Haentjens was the son of a merchant named Charles Christian Haëntjens, whose family moved to Nantes. Charles Haentjens returne ...

, a former Haitian diplomat. He followed the same diplomatic career of his father and became Secretary of the legation of Haiti in Washington from 27 March 1870 to June 1874. He was the first Secretary of State of Public Works and also held the portfolio of Agriculture from 29 October 1889 to 1 August 1890, and particularly Chief of Staff President of Haiti from 4 August 1891 to October 1892. He eventually founded a diplomatic post as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Haiti to London October 8, 1892, and in Washington January 18, 1893, following the death of Philippe Hannibal Price. He moved to Paris after resigning from his post in Washington in 1896.

References

1847 births 1923 deaths Agriculture ministers of Haiti Public works ministers of Haiti Haitian diplomats People from Port-au-Prince Haitian expatriates in France Ambassadors of Haiti to the United States {{Haiti-bio-stub