Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste | |
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| 86th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 16 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Alix Didier Fils-Aimé |
| Preceded by | Dominique Dupuy |
Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste is Haiti's minister of foreign affairs and religious affairs. [1] [2] [3] In January 2025,he warned during a United Nations Security Council meeting that "the very survival of the state" of Haiti was at risk in the face of gang violence. [4]
Jean-Baptiste completed his high school at the Collège Canado-Haïtien in Port-au-Prince. He went on to obtain a degree in psychology at the State University of Haiti. [5] In 1990,Jean-Baptiste earned a diploma in development studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva,Switzerland. [6] [7] He married Tatiana Florencio Silva Jean-Baptiste. [8]
He joined Haiti's diplomatic service in 1993. Jean-Baptiste served as Haiti's ambassador to Chile and to the Organization of American States. [9] [10] In 2001,he was named inspector general of the Haitian National Police. Simultaneously,he became a member of a presidential commission set up to resolve a territorial conflict at the Dominican Republic–Haiti border. [11]
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