Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Religious Affairs, and Haitians Living Abroad |
Status: | Incumbent |
Term Start: | June 12, 2024 |
Primeminister: | Garry Conille (Acting) |
Predecessor: | Jean Victor Généus |
Office2: | Member of Transitional Presidential Council |
Term Start2: | March 20, 2024 |
Term End2: | March 26, 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Office Created |
Successor2: | Smith Augustin |
Office3: | Permanent Delegate of Haiti to UNESCO |
Primeminister3: | Claude Joseph Ariel Henry (Acting) |
Term Start3: | November 17, 2020 |
Term End3: | March 2024 |
Education: | McGill University |
Birth Date: | 1990 (Age) |
Birth Place: | Cap-Haitien, Haiti |
Dominique Dupuy (born 1990[1]) is a Haitian diplomat and politician who currently serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Religious Affairs, and Haitians Living Abroad since June 12, 2024.
Dominique Dupuy was born in Cap-Haitien in 1990.[2] She attended Vanier College in Montreal before graduating from McGill University in Montreal in 2012, obtaining a bachelor's degree in international development. She had an exchange semester in Lancaster University in 2011.
In 2020, Dupuy was nominated by president Jovenel Moïse to serve as the Haitian permanent representative to UNESCO in Paris.[3]
In 2024, she was nominated by /RED-Historic Compromise to serve on the Transitional Presidential Council, on March 20, to replace Marie Ghislaine Mompremier,[4] but resigned on March 26, 2024, citing death threats and concerns to her personal safety.[5]
On June 12, 2024, Dupuy was nominated by acting prime minister Garry Conille to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Religious Affairs, and Haitians Living Abroad. On July 3, 2024, Dupuy met with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington with prime minister Conille.[6]
In addition to her native French and Haitian Creole, Dupuy speaks English and Spanish fluently.