The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic,a multi-party system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President,chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly. Executive power is exercised by the President and Prime Minister who together constitute the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Assembly of Haiti. The government is organized unitarily,thus the central government delegates powers to the departments without a constitutional need for consent. The current structure of Haiti's political system was set forth in the Constitution of March 29,1987.
The president of Haiti,officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti,is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government,which is headed by the prime minister of Haiti.[A133] The Transitional Presidential Council has been exercising the powers of the presidency since 25 April 2024. It has a mandate to act that concludes on 7 February 2026.
Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was President of Haiti from 4 March 1915 until his assassination months later. He was the son of Tirésias Simon Sam,Haiti's president from 1896 to 1902.
Pierre Nord Alexis was President of Haiti from 17 December 1902 to 2 December 1908.
Dumarsais Estimé was a Haitian politician and President of the Haitian Republic from August 16,1946,to May 10,1950.
The Hotel Oloffson is an inn in central Port-au-Prince,Haiti. Built in the late 19th century as a private home,it was turned into a hotel in 1935,and became known for the many artists and celebrities who stayed there. The hotel was the real-life inspiration for the fictional Hotel Trianon in Graham Greene's 1966 novel The Comedians.
Louis Étienne FélicitéLysius Salomon was the president of Haiti from 1879 to 1888. Salomon is best remembered for instituting Haiti's first postal system and for his lively enthusiasm for Haiti's modernization.
The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince is a metropolitan archdiocese,responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Jacmel,Jérémie,Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes.
François C. Antoine Simon was President of Haiti from 6 December 1908 to 2 August 1911. He led a rebellion against Pierre Nord Alexis and succeeded him as president.
Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite was a Haitian general and politician who served as the President of Haiti from 17 October 1889 to 24 March 1896.
Joseph Antoine Tancrède Auguste as the 20th President of Haiti from August 8,1912 until his death in office on May 2,1913. He assumed the presidency the day that Cincinnatus Leconte died in office from a massive explosion that destroyed the presidential palace. Auguste served in this capacity for less than one year,as he became ill and died while traveling in the north of the country in early May 1913. Although some claim he was the victim of poisoning,his death was caused by severe anemia due to untreated,advanced syphilis. He was the grandfather of Haitian writer Jacques Roumain.
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal was a Haitian politician who served as the president of Haiti three times.
François Denys Légitime was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889.
Victoire Jean-Baptiste (1861–1923),known as "La Belle Victoire",was a politically influential Haitian woman,mistress to President Florvil Hyppolite and highly influential during his term of office. She had previously been the mistress of Hyppolite's successor,Tirésias Simon Sam,and was granted immunity by him after the death of Florvil Hyppolite.
Marie-Madeleine Lachenais,known as Joute,was a politically active and influential Haitian woman. She was the mistress and political advisor of both president Alexandre Pétion and president Jean-Pierre Boyer,and exerted a significant influence over the affairs of state during their presidencies for a period of 36 years (1807–1843). She was called "The President of two Presidents," and regarded to have been the most politically powerful woman in the history of Haiti before the introduction of women's suffrage in 1950.
Hammerton Killick was an admiral in the Haitian Navy. He was killed in the 1902 Firmin rebellion when he refused to surrender his ship to the German warship SMS Panther. A naval base in Port-au-Prince is named after him. A 1943 Haitian postage stamp commemorated his role in the rebellion.
Crête-à-Pierrot was a gunboat in the Haitian Navy named after the 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot in the Haitian Revolution. The boat was destroyed by Admiral Hammerton Killick in 1902 to prevent it falling into the hands of a German warship.
Occide Jeanty (1860–1936) was a Haitian composer,trumpeter,pianist and music director.
German–Haitian relations date back to the time before the country's independence. They were characterized by trade in the 19th century. In the 20th century,they lost importance due to political developments in both Germany and Haiti.
