List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

Commander-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 ; Kòmandan an chèf; Fòs Lame an Ayiti
	Coat of arms of Haiti
	Incumbent; Lieutenant general Jodel Lesage; since 17 November 2017
	Armed Forces of Haiti
Seat	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Appointer	Ariel Henry; Acting President of Haiti
Formation	1 August 1934
First holder	Colonel Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte

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 U.S. 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.

Officeholders[]

Commanders of the Guard of Haiti[]

No.	Commander of the Guard	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1	Calixte, Démosthènes PétrusColonel Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte (c. 1899–?)	1 August 1934	9 January 1938	3 years, 161 days	Guard of Haiti
2	André, JulesColonel	9 January 1938	28 August 1944	6 years, 232 days	Guard of Haiti
3	Lavaud, FranckColonel Franck Lavaud (1903–1986)	28 August 1944	5 September 1946	2 years, 8 days	Guard of Haiti

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army[]

No.	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
(3)	Lavaud, FranckBrigadier general Franck Lavaud (1903–1986)	5 September 1946	6 December 1950	4 years, 92 days	Army of Haiti
4	Levelt, AntoineBrigadier general [fr] (1910–?)	6 December 1950	13 December 1956	6 years, 7 days	Army of Haiti
5	Cantave, LéonBrigadier general [fr] (1910–1967)	13 December 1956	26 May 1957	164 days	Army of Haiti
6	Kébreau, Antonio ThrasybuleBrigadier general Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963)	26 May 1957	12 March 1958	290 days	Army of Haiti
7	Flambert, Maurice P.Major general	12 March 1958	7 December 1958	269 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
8	Merceron, PierreMajor general	7 December 1958	6 September 1961	2 years, 273 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
9	Boucicault, Jean-RenéBrigadier general	7 September 1961	9 August 1962	336 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
10	Constant, GérardBrigadier general	9 August 1962	8 December 1970	8 years, 121 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
11	Raymond, ClaudeLieutenant general	8 December 1970	11 August 1973	2 years, 246 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
12	Hilaire, Jean-BaptisteLieutenant general	11 August 1973	6 September 1978	5 years, 26 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
13	Saint-Albin, RogerLieutenant general	7 September 1978	23 March 1984	5 years, 198 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
14	Namphy, HenriLieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018)	23 March 1984	4 November 1987	3 years, 226 days	Armed Forces of Haiti

Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti[]

No.	Commander-in-chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
(14)	Namphy, HenriLieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018)	4 November 1987	17 June 1988	226 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
–	Gousse, MortonBrigadier general Morton Gousse Acting ^[b]	17 June 1988	19 June 1988	2 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
15	Nicolas, Carl-MichelMajor general Carl-Michel Nicolas ^[c]	19 June 1988	17 September 1988	90 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
16	Avril, ProsperLieutenant general Prosper Avril (born 1937)	17 September 1988	10 March 1990	1 year, 174 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
17	Abraham, HérardLieutenant general Hérard Abraham (born 1940)	10 March 1990	2 July 1991	1 year, 114 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
18	Cédras, RaoulLieutenant general Raoul Cédras (born 1949) ^[d]	2 July 1991	10 October 1994	3 years, 100 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
–	Duperval, Jean-ClaudeMajor general Jean-Claude Duperval (1947–2020) Acting	10 October 1994	17 November 1994	38 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
19	Poisson, BernardinBrigadier general Bernardin Poisson (born 1948)	17 November 1994	20 February 1995	95 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
Armed Forces disbanded (20 February 1995 – 17 November 2017)
20	Lesage, JodelLieutenant general Jodel Lesage (born 1954)	17 November 2017	Incumbent	4 years, 79 days	Armed Forces of Haiti

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b 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.

Bibliography[]

Daniel Supplice, Bibliographic dictionary of political personalities of the Republic of Haiti 1804–2001. Lanno Imprimerie, Belgium 2001, ISBN 9993562300

[Commander_of_the_Guard-1] Commander of the Guard of Haiti.

[2] Dismissed following the June 1988 coup d'état.

[3] Dismissed following the September 1988 coup d'état.

[4] Staged the 1991 coup d'état. Afterwards served as de facto leader of Haiti from 1991 to 1994.

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v t Commanders of the Armed Forces of Haiti since 1934
Commanders of the Guard of Haiti	Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte (1934–38) (1938–44) Franck Lavaud (1944–46)
Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army	Franck Lavaud (1946–50) (1950–56) (1956–57) Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1957–58) (1958) (1958–61) (1961–62) (1962–70) (1970–73) (1973–78) (1978–84) Henri Namphy (1984–87)
Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti	Henri Namphy (1987–88) Morton Gousse (1988) Carl-Michel Nicolas (1988) Prosper Avril (1988–90) Hérard Abraham (1990–91) Raoul Cédras (1991–94) Jean-Claude Duperval (1994) Bernardin Poisson (1994–95) Armed Forces disbanded (1995–2017) Jodel Lesage (2017–present)
Italics indicate interim officeholder