Ministry of Defense (Haiti)

The Ministry of Defense 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.

• 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
• 2014–2020: Lener Renaud
• 2020 - present Jean W. Dorneval

Ministry of Defense

Coat of arms of Haiti
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of Haiti
Minister responsible	Jean W. Dorneval
Website	http://www.md.gouv.ht/