Joseph Nérette Explained

Joseph Nérette
Order:President of Haiti
(provisional)
Term Start:October 8, 1991
Term End:June 19, 1992
Primeminister:Jean-Jacques Honorat
Predecessor:Raoul Cédras (as Leader of the Haitian Military Junta)
Successor:Marc Bazin (acting president)
Birth Date:9 April 1924
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Death Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality:Haitian
Spouse:Guerda Jean-Baptiste
Profession:Lawyer

Joseph Nérette (April 9, 1924[1]  - April 29, 2007) was a Haitian judge and political figure. He served as the provisional president of Haiti between 1991 and 1992, part of a period in which real political authority rested with the military junta headed by Raoul Cédras and Michel François.

Nérette got his law degree in 1950. He served as substitute prosecutor in Port-au-Prince from 1971 to 1978. He was an appeals court judge from 1978 until 1988, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Haiti by a military government.[1]

He died of lung cancer in Port-au-Prince on April 29, 2007, aged 83.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interim President Has No Political Following in Haiti with AM-Haiti, BJT . .
  2. Web site: Décès de l'ex-Président de facto Joseph Nérette . RadioKiskeya.com . May 1, 2007 . May 3, 2007 . French.