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The Cabinet of Haiti is an executive body of the Republic of Haiti. The Cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under the Office of the Prime Minister , composed of the Prime Minister and several Cabinet Ministers.
The Supreme Court was first formed in 1817 under Petion's 1816 constitution as a body of a grand judge, dean, six judges and a government commissioner, all of whom were to be appointed for life. The first Grand Judge of the Supreme Court was André Dominique Sabourin, who concurrently served as Minister of Justice in Petion's cabinet. Other ...
(Birth–Death) Term of office Party Title(s) Took office Left office Time in office South Haiti (1806–1820) 3 Alexandre Pétion (1770–1818) 17 October 1806 29 March 1818 11 years, 163 days Independent: President (17 October 1806 – 9 October 1816) President for Life (9 October 1816 – 29 March 1818) [b] 4 Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Tuesday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs.
(Birth–Death) Election Term of office Political party President (Term) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Martial Célestin (1913–2011) 1988: 9 February 1988 20 June 1988 : 132 days Independent: Leslie Manigat (1988) Post vacant (20 June 1988 – 13 February 1991) 2 René Préval (1943–2017) 1990–91: 13 February 1991 11 October 1991
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Tuesday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs. Government spokeswoman Kettia Marcellus confirmed the existence of the new Cabinet and its ministers to The Associated Press.
Haiti accepts compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. There is a Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation), assisted by local and civil courts at a communal level. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is in line to succeed the President in case of death or resignation, according to the 1987 Constitution of Haiti.
From September 1993 to November 1994, Sylvestre was commissioner of the first court of Saint-Marc. In 1996, he was appointed judge, the start of a long career in the Haitian judiciary. From 12 June 1998 to 12 May 2004, he was Dean of the Court of First Instance of Saint-Marc. [2] That year, he was appointed to the Supreme Court.