List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti Commandant en chef des Forces armées d'Haïti | |
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Incumbent Lieutenant general Jodel Lesage since 17 November 2017 | |
Armed Forces of Haiti | |
Seat | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Appointer |
Jovenel Moïse President of Haiti |
Formation | 1 August 1934[lower-alpha 1] |
First holder | Colonel Démosthènes P. Calixte[lower-alpha 1] |
This article lists the commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti (French: Forces Armées d'Haïti—FAd'H), from the end of the US occupation in 1934 through the disbandment of the FAd'H in 1995, during the Operation Uphold Democracy, until the reinstatement of the FAd'H in 2017.
Office holders
Commanders of the Guard of Haiti
№ | Commander of the Guard | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Démosthènes P. Calixte | Colonel1 August 1934 | 9 January 1938 | years, 161 days | 3Guard of Haiti | |
2 | Jules André | Colonel9 January 1938 | 28 August 1944 | years, 232 days | 6Guard of Haiti | |
3 | Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | Colonel28 August 1944 | 5 September 1946 | years, 8 days | 2Guard of Haiti |
Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army
№ | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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(3) | Franck Lavaud (1903–1986) | Brigadier general5 September 1946 | 6 December 1950 | years, 92 days | 4Army of Haiti | |
4 | Antoine Levelt (1910–?) | Brigadier general6 December 1950 | 13 December 1956 | years, 7 days | 6Army of Haiti | |
5 | Léon Cantave (1910–1967) | Brigadier general13 December 1956 | 26 May 1957 | days | 164Army of Haiti | |
6 | Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963) | Brigadier general26 May 1957 | 12 March 1958 | days | 290Army of Haiti | |
7 | Maurice P. Flambert | Major general12 March 1958 | 7 December 1958 | days | 269Armed Forces of Haiti | |
8 | Pierre Merceron | Major general7 December 1958 | 6 September 1961 | years, 273 days | 2Armed Forces of Haiti | |
9 | Jean-René Boucicault | Brigadier general7 September 1961 | 9 August 1962 | days | 336Armed Forces of Haiti | |
10 | Gérard Constant | Brigadier general9 August 1962 | 8 December 1970 | years, 121 days | 8Armed Forces of Haiti | |
11 | Claude Raymond | Lieutenant general8 December 1970 | 11 August 1973 | years, 246 days | 2Armed Forces of Haiti | |
12 | Jean-Baptiste Hilaire | Lieutenant general11 August 1973 | 6 September 1978 | years, 26 days | 5Armed Forces of Haiti | |
13 | Roger Saint-Albin | Lieutenant general7 September 1978 | 23 March 1984 | years, 198 days | 5Armed Forces of Haiti | |
14 | Henri Namphy (born 1932) | Lieutenant general23 March 1984 | 4 November 1987 | years, 226 days | 3Armed Forces of Haiti |
Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti
№ | Commander-in-chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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(14) | Henri Namphy (born 1932) | Lieutenant general4 November 1987 | 17 June 1988 | days | 226Armed Forces of Haiti | |
– | Morton Gousse Acting [lower-alpha 2] | Brigadier general17 June 1988 | 19 June 1988 | days | 2Armed Forces of Haiti | |
15 | Carl-Michel Nicolas [lower-alpha 3] | Major general19 June 1988 | 17 September 1988 | days | 90Armed Forces of Haiti | |
16 | Prosper Avril (born 1937) | Lieutenant general17 September 1988 | 10 March 1990 | year, 174 days | 1Armed Forces of Haiti | |
17 | Hérard Abraham (born 1940) | Lieutenant general10 March 1990 | 2 July 1991 | year, 114 days | 1Armed Forces of Haiti | |
18 | Raoul Cédras (born 1949) [lower-alpha 4] | Lieutenant general2 July 1991 | 10 October 1994 | years, 100 days | 3Armed Forces of Haiti | |
– | Jean-Claude Duperval Acting | Major general10 October 1994 | 17 November 1994 | days | 38Armed Forces of Haiti | |
19 | Bernadin Poisson | Brigadier general17 November 1994 | 20 February 1995 | days | 95Armed Forces of Haiti | |
Armed Forces disbanded (20 February 1995 – 17 November 2017) | ||||||
20 | Jodel Lesage | Lieutenant general17 November 2017 | Incumbent | days | 330Armed Forces of Haiti |
Notes
- 1 2 Commander of the Guard of Haiti
- ↑ Dismissed following the June 1988 coup d'état
- ↑ Dismissed following the September 1988 coup d'état
- ↑ Staged the 1991 coup d'état. Afterwards served as de facto leader of Haiti from 1991 to 1994
See also
Bibliography
- Daniel Supplice, Bibliographic dictionary of political personalities of the Republic of Haiti 1804-2001. Lanno Imprimerie, Belgium 2001, ISBN 9993562300
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