Jean-Max Bellerive

Jean-Max Bellerive
Bellerive in 2010
14th Prime Minister of Haiti
In office 11 November 2009 – 18 October 2011
President	René Préval Michel Martelly
Preceded by	Michèle Pierre-Louis
Succeeded by	Garry Conille
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 57–58) Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political party	Lespwa

Jean-Max Bellerive (born 1958) is a Haitian politician and former Prime Minister of Haiti. He resigned on 14 May 2011.^[1]

Biography

Personal life

Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor,^[2] he left Haiti at a very young age to study in Switzerland, France, and Belgium. With a degree in Political Science and International Relations, Bellerive returned to Haiti in 1986,^[2] just before the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He is married, and has two daughters.^[2]

Prime Minister of Haiti

Haitian President René Préval, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30 October 2009, to replace former Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis.^[3] A day before the nomination, on 29 October 2009, 18 senators of a 29-member senate had voted to dismiss Pierre-Louis on charges that she was performing poorly in leading Haiti's economic recovery efforts in the wake of the destructive 2008 hurricane season.^[3]

On 14 May 2011, Bellerive resigned as Prime Minister, so as to allow the country's new President, Michel Martelly, to choose his own Prime Minister.^[1] Martelly selected Daniel Gérard Rouzier to succeed Bellerive. However, the parliament rejected Mr Rouzier.

References

1. Jacqueline Charles (15 May 2011). "Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive resigns". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
2. "Haitian Prime Minister Bellerive known as political survivor, technocrat". canadaeast.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
3. "Haiti president designates economist to be premier". Reuters. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

External links

• Canadian International Development Agency: Jean-Max Bellerive biography