Haiti: New PM Jean Henry Céant unveils government

Haiti has unveiled a new government, 2 months after former Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned following days of protests against fuel price rises.

The unrest started after the government – on the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – unveiled a proposal to remove fuel subsidies.

The authorities said that the new administration, headed by new Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant, will have as its first task to calm socio-economic malaise in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

Céant, 61, is a notary who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2010 and 2016. He was named to the post on August 5 but, in a sign of discord between the legislative and presidential branches, it took a month to reach agreement on his 18-member cabinet.

Six members retained their jobs from the previous cabinet.

The following is the full list of the new government.

– Jean Claudy Pierre, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation;
– Bocchit Edmond, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cults;
– Ronald Décembre, Minister of Economy and Finance;
– Jobert C. Angrand, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development;
– Fritz Caillot, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications;
– Ronell Gilles, Minister of Commerce and Industry;
– Osner Richard, Minister of the Environment;
– Marie Christine Stephenson, Minister of Tourism;
– Jean Roudy Aly, Minister of Justice and Public Security;
– Mamatha Irène Ternier, Minister of Haitians Living Abroad;
– Jean Marie Reynaldo Brunet, Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities;
– Pierre Agénor Cadet, Minister of National Education and Vocational Training;
– Elise Gelin, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor;
– Marie Greta Roy Clément, Minister of Public Health and Population;
– Evelyne Sainvil, Minister for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights;
– Edwing Charles, Minister of Youth, Sports and Civic Action;
– Jean Michel Lapin, Minister of Culture and Communication;
– Enol Joseph, Minister of Defense;
– Gérald Oriol, Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities;
– Emile Brutus, Secretary of State for Literacy;
– Ronsard St-Cyr, Secretary of State for Public Security; and Eddy
– Jackson Alexis, Secretary of State for Communications. – (CMC)