| Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin | |
| Office1: | Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 2014 |
| Term End1: | 23 March 2016 |
| President1: | Michel Martelly |
| Primeminister1: | Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
| Predecessor1: | Office created |
| Office2: | Ministry of Tourism |
| Term Start2: | 20 October 2011 |
| Term End2: | 2 April 2014 |
| President2: | Michel Martelly |
| Primeminister2: | Garry Conille Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
| Birth Date: | 1982 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Parents: | Alix Balmir (Father) Gladys du Bousquet (Mother) |
| Spouse: | Marcel Bernard Villedrouin |
| Children: | 3 |
| Nationality: | Haitian |
| Alma Mater: | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra |
| Blank2: | Net worth |
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin (in French pronounced as /stefani balmiʁ vildʁwɛ̃/; born 29 March 1982) is a Haitian entrepreneur who formerly served as the minister of tourism of Haiti.
Villedrouin comes from a prominent Haitian family; the seventh child of Alix Balmir, a diplomat, and his wife, Gladys Dubousquet, a native of the city of Gonaïves, Haiti; both of her parents are mixed-race.[1] She was born abroad in Caracas while her father was serving in diplomatic relations as the Ambassador of Haiti in Venezuela.[2] Two months later her father was designated to the Haitian Embassy in Colombia, wherein Villedrouin spent her early childhood. After the fall of the Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime, in 1986, the whole family returned to Haiti and established restaurants and hotels.[3] [4]
Villedrouin was four years old when her family returned to Haiti, where she completed her schooling in Port-au-Prince.[3] Then, she studied hospitality and tourism management at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, in Santiago, Dominican Republic;[3] she managed a hotel in Kenscoff, a mountainous hamlet located 10 kilometres to the southeast of Port-au-Prince.[4] She is fluent in French and Haitian Creole, as well as in Spanish and English.[5]
Her first term as the Minister of Tourism of Haiti was from 20 October 2011 to 2 April 2014.[6] Rebranded as the Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, Madame Villedrouin was re-confirmed to a second term on 2 April 2014 and served until 23 March 2016.[7]
During her tenure, Haiti inaugurated its first Tourism Promotion Office.[8]
In 2003, she married Marcel Bernard Villedrouin and they have three children together.[3]