Robert Malval (born July 11, 1943 in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

) is the former prime minister of

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, his tenure was from August 30, 1993 to November 8, 1994. An industrialist and business leader of Lebanese descent, Malval was appointed on August 16, 1993 by the President-in-exile,

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, who gave Malval the task of reconciling the feuding parties. He defied the Army-backed president,

Émile Jonassaint Émile Jonassaint (May 20, 1913 – October 24, 1995) was a Haitian Supreme Court Justice and politician, who served as President of the Constituent Assembly during the 1987 Constitution and President of Haiti for five months. Jonassaint served ...

. In December 1993, he resigned his post and criticized Aristide as an "erratic" figure who was hampering efforts to solve the political crisis.''New York Times'', December 20, 1993
/ref> His predecessor was

Marc Bazin Marc Louis Bazin (March 6, 1932 – June 16, 2010) was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was prime minister of Haiti appointed o ...

; his successor was

Smarck Michel Georges Jean-Jacques Smarck Michel or Smarck Michel (March 29, 1937 – September 1, 2012) was appointed prime minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16, 1995. Smarck was President Aristi ...

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;Notes ;Bibliography * * 1943 births Living people 20th-century Haitian businesspeople Haitian people of Lebanese descent Prime Ministers of Haiti People from Port-au-Prince University of Miami alumni {{Haiti-politician-stub