Jean-Max Bellerive
| Jean-Max Bellerive | |
|---|---|
 Bellerive in 2010 | |
| 14th Prime Minister of Haiti | |
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In office 11 November 2009 – 18 October 2011 | |
| President |
René Préval Michel Martelly |
| Preceded by | Michèle Pierre-Louis |
| Succeeded by | Garry Conille |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1958 (age 57–58) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Political party | Lespwa |
Jean-Max Bellerive (born 1958) is a Haitian politician and former Prime Minister of Haiti. He resigned on 14 May 2011.[1]
Biography
Personal life
Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor,[2] he left Haiti at a very young age to study in Switzerland, France, and Belgium. With a degree in Political Science and International Relations, Bellerive returned to Haiti in 1986,[2] just before the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He is married, and has two daughters.[2]
Prime Minister of Haiti
Haitian President René Préval, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30 October 2009, to replace former Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis.[3] A day before the nomination, on 29 October 2009, 18 senators of a 29-member senate had voted to dismiss Pierre-Louis on charges that she was performing poorly in leading Haiti's economic recovery efforts in the wake of the destructive 2008 hurricane season.[3]
On 14 May 2011, Bellerive resigned as Prime Minister, so as to allow the country's new President, Michel Martelly, to choose his own Prime Minister.[1] Martelly selected Daniel Gérard Rouzier to succeed Bellerive. However, the parliament rejected Mr Rouzier.
References
- 1 2 Jacqueline Charles (15 May 2011). "Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive resigns". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Haitian Prime Minister Bellerive known as political survivor, technocrat". canadaeast.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- 1 2 "Haiti president designates economist to be premier". Reuters. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Michèle Pierre-Louis |
Prime Minister of Haiti 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Garry Conille |
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