Chamber of Deputies (Haiti) explained

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Chamber of Deputies
Native Name:
Chanm Depite
Legislature:Currently Dissolved
Coa Pic:Coat of arms of Haiti.svg
Coa Caption:National emblem of Haiti
House Type:Lower house
Body:Haitian Parliament
Term Limits:No limits
Members:119
Leader1 Type:President
Structure1:Chamber of Deputies Composition (Haiti).svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Term Length:Four years[1]
Voting System1:Two-round system
Last Election1:2015–16
Next Election1:Unknown
Meeting Place:Port-au-Prince
Website:http://www.chambredesdeputes.ht/

The Chamber of Deputies (French: Chambre des députés; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Chanm Depite) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously 99) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely.

In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members.[2] On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source into two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119.[3]

Elections history

The first bicameral legislature, created under Alexandre Pétion's 1816 revision to the 1806 constitution, formed the Senate as the upper house and the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes as the lower house. The Chamber, which was first elected on 10 February 1817 and held its first session on 22 April 1817, elected Pierre André as its first president of the chamber. Pétion gave his final public speech in front of the newly-seated chamber, but then suspended the legislature the following year.

Candidates from Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party took 73 of the then 83 seats in the 2000 elections. Following the overthrow of the government in February 2004, an interim government was established. The terms of the Deputies expired during the rule of the interim government and the Chamber remained empty. It was re-established along with the Senate, and elections were scheduled for November 2005. After many delays and missed deadlines, elections were finally held on 21 April 2006. The Deputies commenced meeting in June 2006. The exact makeup of the Chamber remains unknown as the Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) has not posted the results. The next Chamber elections were scheduled for 2010. There were new parliamentary elections in 2015–16.

Previous composition

PartyDeputies
1st Round2nd RoundTotal
bgcolor=Haitian Tèt Kale Party (PHTK)42226
Plateforme Vérité (VERITE)11213
Konvansyon Inite Demokratik (KID)077
bgcolor=Struggling People's Organization (OPL)077
bgcolor=Fanmi Lavalas (FL)066
bgcolor=Haiti in Action (AAA)246
bgcolor=Patriotic Unity (INITE PATRIYOTIK)134
bgcolor=Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (LAPEH)033
bgcolor=Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (FSDH)033
Reseau National Bouclier (BOUCLIER)033
Renmen Ayiti022
Tet Kole sous Chimen Devlopman pou un Nord'Ouest uni et Renonve (MOSANO)022
Consortium National des Partis Politiques Haïtiens (CONSORTIUM)022
Pont011
Platfom Pitit Desalin011
Parti pour la Libération des Masses et d'Intégration Sociale (PALMIS)011
Konbit Travaye Peyizan pou Libere Ayiti (KONTRA PEP LA)011
Mouvement National Haïtien (MONHA)011
Konsyans Patriotik (KP)011
Federalist Party (PF)011
Mouvement Action Socialiste (MAS)011
Seats that haven't been awarded yet (currently vacant)27
Total884119
Sources: http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16100-haiti-flash-deputies-final-results-of-the-2nd-round-of-october-25-2015.html, http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16099-haiti-flash-final-results-of-the-2nd-round-of-senatorial-of-october-25-2015.html, http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15281-haiti-flash-final-results-of-the-1st-round-of-legislative-elections-of-august-9-2015.html

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Le Président de la Chambre / Prezidan Chanm Depite

NameTook officeLeft office
Pierre André? - 18171817–?
N.-D. Lafargue[4] ? - July 1820July 1820–?
Pierre André[5] ? - 18201820–?
Doizé Pouponneau? - November 1821November 1821–?
Caminero[6] ? - October 18221825–?
Beaubrun Ardouin[7] ? - January 1826January 1826–?
Franco Travieso? - 18261826–?
P. Muzaine[8] ? - 18261826–?
M. Duval[9] ? - 18271827
Jean Benis18271827
Jacques Depa18271827–?
M. Druilhet? - 18281828
Doizé Pouponneau18281828
D. Villedautant18281829–?
E. Legros? - 18301830
Doizé Pouponneau18301830–?
A. Massez? - 18311831–?
J. S. Milscent? - 18321832
G. Malval18321832–?
J. S. Milscent? - September 1833June 1835–?
Phanor Dupin[10] ? - October 1839October 1839–?
H.-In. Joseph? - 18481848–?
Brutus de Jean-Simon[11] ? - September 1849September 1849–?
Brutus de Jean-Simon? - 18521852–?
Jean-François Acloque??
Panayoty? - 18591859–?
V. Lizaire? - 18601860–?
W. Chanlatte? - September 1860December 1860–?
R. A. Deslandes[12] ? - July 1862August 1862–?
P.-N. Valcin? - 18641864–?
T. Chalviré? - 18701870–?
Jeantel Manigat? - 18701870–?
J. Thébaud? - 18741874–?
Hannibal Price18761876
Eugène Margron[13] ? - August 1877August 1877–?
Hannibal Price? - 18781878–?
Demesvar Delorme[14] ? - 18791879–?
Guillaume Manigat[15] ? - October 1880October 1880–?
François Manigat[16] April 1881October 1881–?
Edmond Paul??
Ripert Honorat[17] ? - February 1883February 1883–?
Osman Piquant? - August 1884September 1884–?
Fabius Ducasse[18] ? - October 1885October 1885–?
Dorvil Théodore? - June 1887June 1887–?
Oswald Durand[19] 18881888
M. Stewart
President of the constitutional assembly		?1889
Pétion Pierre-André[20] ? - September 1891September 1892–?
M. Stewart[21] ? - September 1893December 1893–?
J. M. Grandoit[22] ? - July 1894December 1894–?
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam[23] ? - July 1895 – 1896October 1897–?
Camille Saint-Rémy[24] 18981898
Henri Prophète[25] 18991900
Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave[26] ? - September 1901September 1901–?
Stephen Archer[27] ? - February 19041906–?
G. Desrosiers[28] 19091911
St-Amand Blot? - 19131913–?
Denis Saint-Aude? - 19141914–?
Annulysse André1915?
J. M. Grandoit[29] ? - 19221925
Em. J. Thomas19251925
Edmond Montas19251926
Em. J. Thomas[30] 19261927
Charles Bouchereau[31] 19271928
Antoine C. Sansaricq[32] 19281929
F. Robinson19291929–?
Joseph Jolibois19301931
Joseph Loubeau1931?
Denis Saint-Aude
President of the constitutional assembly		? - 19321933–?
Edg. Pierre-Louis[33] ?1934
Dumarsais Estimé19341935
Louis S. Zéphirin[34] 19361939
Edouard Piou[35] 19391940–?
Théophile J. B. Richard? - 19431943–?
Hugues Bourjolly[36] ? - January 1944January 1944–?
Théophile J. B. Richard? - 19451946–?
Joseph Loubeau[37] ? - 19461949
Dumas Michel19491949–?
Adelphin Telson[38] 4 April 19501955–?
Salnave C. Zamor[39] 19561956–?
Rameau Estimé[40] ? - 19581960–?
Luc F. François[41] ? - 19611962–?
Rameau Estimé[42] 19621963
Jean M. Julme[43] ? - 19631964–?
Ulrick Saint-Louis[44] 1971?
Victor Nevers Constant[45] ? - 19771981
Jaurès Levêque[46] ? - 19831985–?
No legislature19861987
Émile Jonassaint[47]
President of the constitutional assembly		? - March 19871988
Jacques Saint-Louis[48] January 1988June 1988
No legislatureJune 1988February 1991
Ernst Pedro Casséus[49] 199120 August 1991
Pierre Duly Brutus[50] 20 August 1991[51] 1992
Alexandre Médard[52] 15 January 1992January 1993
Antoine JosephJanuary 1993[53] January 1994
Frantz Robert Mondé[54] 13 January 19941994
Pierre Duly Brutus19941995
Fritz Robert Saint Paul[55] 8 November 1995December 1996–?
Kely Bastien[56] 14 January 1997[57] January 1998
Vasco ThernélanJanuary 1998[58] January 1999–?[59]
Sainvoyis Pascal[60] 28 August 20002000
Pierre Paul Cotin[61] [62] ? – December 200028 February 2002
Rudy Hériveaux[63] 28 February 2002October 2002–?
Yves Cristalin[64] ? – April 2003January 2004
No legislatureJanuary 2004May 2006
Pierre Eric Jean-JacquesMay 20062009
Levaillant Louis Jeune[65] January 20092011
Sorel Jacinthe20112012
Jean Tholbert Alèxis20122014
Stevenson Jacques Timoléon20142016
Cholzer Chancy201610 January 2018
Gary Bodeau[66] 10 January 201813 January 2020

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

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