Vice President of Haiti explained

Vice President of Haiti (French: Vice-président d'Haïti) is a former political position in Haiti. It was formally established the first and so far the only time in 1874.[1]

The position was formally established in the Constitution of Haiti in August 1874, a new version of the constitution to replaced an earlier version. The presidential term was changed to eight years and a vice president position with executive powers was established.[2]

An office of a jointly-elected Vice President, intended to replace the office of Prime Minister, was proposed by Jovenel Moïse in a draft constitution which he intended to submit for ratification, but his 2021 assassination indefinitely paused its reintroduction.

Vice Presidents

ImageVice PresidentTook officeLeft officePresidentNotes
Michel Domingue[3]
27 December 1869 16 March 1870Nissage SagetVice President of the provisional government
Septimus Rameau[4]
10 September 187415 April 1876Michel DomingueDied of injuries sustained during riots

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6420.- Chefs d'État d'Haiti » Haiti-Référence . Haiti-Référence . fr-FR.
  2. Web site: Heinl . Robert Debs . Heinl . Nancy Gordon . Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People, 1492-1995 . University Press of America . en . 2005.
  3. Web site: The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs: Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry . D. Appleton & Company . en . 1870.
  4. Web site: Marshall . Harriet Gibbs . The Story of Haiti: From the Discovery of the Island by Christopher Columbus to the Present Day . Christopher Publishing House . en . 1930.