Government

Government#

semi-presidential republic

System

semi-presidential republic

Capital

Port-au-Prince

Head of state

President (vacant)

Head of government

Prime Minister Alix Didier FILS-AIMÉ (since 10 November 2024)

Legislature

legislature name: National Assembly (Assemblée nationale); legislative structure: bicameral; note 1: when the two chambers meet collectively, it is known as the National Assembly (or L’Assemblée nationale) and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution; note 2: as of October 2024, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies were not functional

Judiciary

highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour de cassation (consists of 12 judges); judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president from candidate lists submitted by the Senate of the National Assembly; subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; magistrate’s courts; land, labor, and children’s courts; note : Article 174 of Haiti’s constitution states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for 10 years, whereas Article 177 states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for life

Constitution

history: many previous; latest adopted 10 March 1987, with substantial revisions in June 2012; amendment process: proposed by the executive branch or by either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies; consideration of proposed amendments requires support by at least two-thirds majority of both houses; passage requires at least two-thirds majority of the membership present and at least two-thirds majority of the votes cast; approved amendments enter into force after installation of the next president of the republic; constitutional articles on the democratic and republican form of government cannot be amended

Independence

1 January 1804 (from France)

Administrative divisions

10 departments ( départements , singular - département ); Artibonite, Centre, Grand’Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est

Departments#

TODO. Ministries and authoritative sites, to be filled out.

Hierarchy#

How power is wired. The diagram below carries the generic template; refine the boxes and edges to match the current regime.

        flowchart TD
  HoS["Head of State"]
  HoG["Head of Government"]
  Leg["Legislature"]
  Jud["Judiciary"]
  Cab["Cabinet"]
  Foreign["Foreign Affairs"]
  Interior["Interior"]
  Defense["Defense"]
  Finance["Finance"]
  Justice["Justice"]

  HoS --> HoG
  HoG --> Cab
  Cab --> Foreign
  Cab --> Interior
  Cab --> Defense
  Cab --> Finance
  Cab --> Justice
  HoS -.- Leg
  HoS -.- Jud

Resources#

Public-facing portals the people use day to day. Operators monitor these for policy changes, official notices, and civil-registry data.

Resource

Site

Purpose

National portal

to be filled

One-stop government services for citizens.

Tax / revenue

to be filled

Income tax, VAT, customs.

Civil registry

to be filled

Births, deaths, marriages, national ID.

Immigration

to be filled

Visas, residency, naturalisation.

Health

to be filled

Public health, advisories, vaccination records.

Education

to be filled

Curricula, school directories, transcripts.

Statistics

to be filled

Census, economic indicators, opendata.

Police / emergency

to be filled

Reporting, missing persons, emergency contacts.
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