The flag of Haiti is the national flag of the Republic of Haiti. It is a bicolour flag featuring two horizontal bands coloured blue and red,emblazoned by a white rectangular panel bearing the coat of arms of Haiti. The coat of arms depicts a trophy of weapons atop a green hill and a royal palm symbolizing independence. The palm is topped by the Cap of Liberty. The motto L'Union fait la Force appears on a white ribbon below the arrangement.
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature,the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies;they may be re-elected indefinitely.
The Senate is the upper house of Haiti's bicameral legislature,the Haitian Parliament. The lower house of the Haitian Parliament is the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate consists of thirty seats,with three members from each of the ten administrative departments. Prior to the creation of the department of Nippes in 2003,there were twenty-seven seats. Senators are elected by popular vote to six-year terms,with one-third elected every two years. There are no term limits for senators;they may be re-elected indefinitely.
Louis Félix Mathurin Boisrond-Tonnerre,better known as simply Boisrond-Tonnerre,was a Haitian writer and historian who is best known for having served as Jean-Jacques Dessalines' secretary. Boisrond-Tonnerre was educated in Paris until 1798 when he returned to Haiti. He is the author of the 1804 Haitian Declaration of Independence,which formally declared Haiti's independence from the colonial rule of France. He is also known for his work chronicling the Haitian Revolution,Mémoires pour Servir àl'Histoire d'Haïti.
Alexis Beaubrun Ardouin was a Haitian historian and politician. He wrote the eleven-volume Études sur l'Histoire d'Haïti,published in the 1850s and 60s. His Études have served as a valuable resource for later historians. Beaubrun Ardouin also wrote the first Haitian textbook,Géographie de l'île d'Haïti and Instruction sur le Jury. Ardouin's historical writing attempted to put the Haitian Revolution in the context of other nationalist revolutions in the Americas. He had Euro-African ancestry and his family was free before the revolution. He has been criticized by 20th-century scholars for championing free people of color as the leaders both of the revolution and of post-independence Haiti.
Thomas Madiou was a Haitian historian. His work Histoire d'Haïti is the first complete history of Haiti from 1492 to 1846. It is considered one of the most valuable documents of Haitian history and literature.
Massillon Coicou was a Haitian poet,novelist,playwright,and politician. Born in Port-au-Prince,Coicou was educated in a Catholic school for boys. He was appointed as the Haitian Chargéd'Affaires Étrangères for the Haitian Republic in France,where several of his works were published. Opposed to the presidency of Pierre Nord Alexis,Coicou publicly announced his intentions to overthrow Nord Alexis' government. He and his two brothers were subsequently executed by the President's orders on the night of 14–15 March 1908.
Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin,better known as Anténor Firmin,was a Haitian barrister and philosopher,pioneering anthropologist,journalist,and politician. Firmin is best known for his book De l'égalitédes races humaines,which was published in 1885 as a rebuttal to French writer Count Arthur de Gobineau's work Essai sur l'inégalitédes races humaines. Gobineau's book asserted the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of Blacks and other people of color. Firmin's book argued the opposite,that "all men are endowed with the same qualities and the same faults,without distinction of color or anatomical form. The races are equal". He was marginalized at the time for his beliefs that all human races were equal.
Louis-Joseph Janvier was a Haitian journalist,diplomat and novelist.
Marie Vieux-Chauvet,was a Haitian novelist,poet and playwright. Born and educated in Port-au-Prince,she is most famous for the novels Fille d'Haïti (1954),La Danse sur le volcan (1957),Fonds des nègres (1960),and Amour,colère et folie (1968). During her lifetime,she published under the name Marie Chauvet.
Gérard Mentor Laurent was a Haitian historian and educator. Some of his most notable works are Coup d'Oeil sur la Politique de Toussaint Louverture (1945),Six Etudes sur J. J. Dessalines (1951),Pages d'Histoire d'Haïti (1960),Le Commissaire Sonthonax àSaint-Domingue,and Haiti et l'Indépendance Américaine (1976).
Jean Price-Mars was a Haitian medical doctor,teacher,politician,diplomat,writer,and ethnographer. Price-Mars served as secretary of the Haitian legation in Washington,D.C. (1909) and as chargéd'affaires in Paris (1915–1917),during the initial years of the United States occupation of Haiti.
François Denys Légitime was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889.
Jacques Nicolas Léger was a Haitian lawyer,politician,and diplomat.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Port-au-Prince,Haiti.
Fritz Alphonse Jean is a Haitian economist,politician and writer who served as governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti from 1998 until 2001. Since 2012,he is the President of the Chamber of Commerce,Industry and Professions of Nord-Est. and is part of the national commemoration committee of the 100th anniversary of the United States occupation of Haiti. He was elected by the Montana Consensus as Provisional President of Haiti on January 30,2022.
Ghislaine Nelly Huguette Sathoud is a Congolese feminist,primarily concerned with domestic violence.
Odette Roy Fombrun was a Haitian writer and intellectual.
Le Moniteur is the official journal of the Republic of Haiti,published in Port-au-Prince. Initially a weekly newspaper,Le Moniteur has been published twice a week since 1876.
The National Bank of Haiti was a French bank founded in 1881 by Crédit Industriel et Commercial and headquartered in Paris to serve the Haiti indemnity obligation. It had a monopoly of currency issuance in Haiti,by concession from the Haitian government. Antoine Simon closed it in 1910,and it was succeeded by the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti,also established in Paris.
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