Ministry of Defense (Haiti)

The Ministry of Defense (French: Ministère de la Défense, MD) )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.

Ministry of Defense

Ministère de la Défense d'Haiti (French) Ministè Defans (Haitian Creole)
Logo of the Ministry of Defense of Haiti
Coat of arms of Haiti
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Haiti
Headquarters	Grand Quartier Général Port-au-Prince
Minister responsible	Jean-Marc Bernier Antoine
Website	Official website

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 - 2024: Jean W. Dorneval
• 2024 - present: Jean-Marc Bernier Antoine

See also

• Haiti
  • List of heads of state of Haiti
  • Prime Minister of Haiti
  • List of colonial governors of Saint-Domingue