Jean-Max Bellerive (born 1958) is 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 politician and former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of Haiti. He resigned on 14 May 2011.

Biography

Personal life

Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor, he left Haiti at a very young age to study in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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, and

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. With a degree in Political Science and International Relations, Bellerive returned to Haiti in 1986, just before the overthrow of

Jean-Claude Duvalier Jean-Claude Duvalier (; 3 July 19514 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" ( ht, Bebe Dòk), was a Haitian politician who was the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He succeeded his father F ...

. He is married, and has two daughters.

Prime Minister of Haiti

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René Préval René Garcia Préval (; 17 January 1943 – 3 March 2017) was a Haitian politician and agronomist who served twice as President of Haiti; once from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid 2006 to mid 2011. He was also Prime Minister from ...

, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30 October 2009, to replace former Prime Minister

Michèle Pierre-Louis Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis (born 5 October 1947)"Ha ...

. A day before the nomination, on 29 October 2009, 18 senators of a 29-member senate had voted to dismiss Pierre-Louis on charges that she was performing poorly in leading Haiti's economic recovery efforts in the wake of the destructive 2008 hurricane season. On 14 May 2011, Bellerive resigned as Prime Minister, so as to allow the country's new president,

Michel Martelly Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations ...

, to choose his own prime minister. Martelly selected

Daniel Gérard Rouzier Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

to succeed Bellerive. However, the parliament rejected Mr Rouzier.

References

External links

Canadian International Development Agency: Jean-Max Bellerive biography
Prime Ministers of Haiti 1958 births Living people Lespwa politicians People from Port-au-Prince 21st-century Haitian politicians {{Haiti-politician-stub