Editing Government of Haiti (section)

==Branches of government==
===Executive branch===
{{see also|Military of Haiti}}
[[File:Palacio presidencial de Haiti.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[National Palace (Haiti)|National Palace]] in [[Port-au-Prince]] before being destroyed in the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] ]]
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|[[President of Haiti| President]]
|[[Transitional Presidential Council]]
|Independent
|25 April 2024
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Haiti| Prime Minister]]
|[[Alix Didier Fils-Aimé]] (interim)
|Independent
|10 November 2024
|}

Haiti's executive branch is composed of two parts, the presidency and the government. In this sense, "government" refers specifically to the portion of the executive branch outside of the presidency, and not to Haiti's political system as a whole.{{clarify|reason=this doesn't make a lot of sense and should probably be structured similarly to other parliamentary governments|date=July 2013}}

==== President ====
{{Main|President of Haiti}}

The president is the [[head of state]] and elected by [[Direct election|popular vote]] every five years for a five-year term, and may not serve consecutive terms.<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|author=Central Intelligence Agency|title=The World Factbook: Haiti|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/|date=31 October 2013 |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> The last presidential election was held on 20 November 2016.<ref name=CIA/> The latest president was [[Jovenel Moïse]] until his [[Assassination of Jovenel Moïse|assassination]] on 7 July 2021.

The president appoints the prime minister and his cabinet, which must be ratified by the National Assembly.

====Cabinet====
Haiti's [[Cabinet of Haiti|cabinet]], called Council of Ministers, is led by the Prime Minister, and includes other ministers.

The prime minister, the [[head of government]], is appointed by the president and ratified by the National Assembly. He appoints the Ministers and Secretaries of State and goes before the National Assembly to obtain a vote of confidence for his declaration of general policy. The Prime Minister enforces the laws and, along with the President, is responsible for national defense.

The [[Ministry (government department)|ministries]] of the Haitian government are:<ref name=Schutt35>P. Schutt-Ainé, ''Haiti: A Basic Reference Book'', 166</ref>

*[[Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation (Haiti)|Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development]]
*[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Haiti)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]
*[[Ministry on the Status and Rights of Women |Ministry of Women's Affairs and Women's Rights]]
*[[Ministry of Communication (Haiti)|Ministry of Culture and Communication]]
*[[Ministry of Defense (Haiti)|Ministry of Defense]]
*[[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Haiti)|Ministry of Economy and Finance]]
*[[Ministry of National Education (Haiti)|Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training]]
*[[Ministry of the Environment (Haiti)|Ministry of Environment]]
*[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Haiti)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship]]
*Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad
*[[Ministry of Health (Haiti)|Ministry of Public Health and Population]]
*Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action
*[[Ministry of Interior and Territorial Communities (Haiti)|Ministry of Interior and Territorial Communities]]
*[[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Haiti)|Ministry of Justice and Public Security]]
*[[Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation (Haiti)|Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation]]
*[[Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (Haiti)|Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications]]
*[[Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (Haiti)|Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor]]
*[[Ministry of Tourism (Haiti)|Ministry of Tourism]]

===Legislative branch===
{{main|National Assembly of Haiti}}
The bicameral [[National Assembly of Haiti]] (Assemblée Nationale) consists of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Haiti|Chamber of Deputies]] (Chambre des Députés) and the [[Senate of Haiti|Senate]] (Sénat). The Chamber of Deputies has ninety-nine members, who are elected by popular vote for four-year terms. The Senate consists of thirty members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, with one third elected every two years.

The last Senate elections were held on 28 November 2010 with run-off elections on 20 March 2011.  The following Senate election, for one third of the seats, was to be held in 2012 but was not called. The last election of the Chamber of Deputies was held on 28 November 2010 with run-off elections on 20 March 2011.  The next regular election of Deputies is to be held in 2014.<ref name=CIA/>

Prior to a 2002 territorial law which created a tenth [[Departments of Haiti|department]], the Chamber of Deputies had eighty three seats and the Senate had twenty-seven.

===Judicial branch===
The legal system is based on the [[Rome|Roman]] civil law system. Haiti accepts compulsory [[jurisdiction]] of the [[International Court of Justice]]. There is a [[Supreme Court of Haiti|Supreme Court]] (Cour de Cassation), assisted by local and civil courts at a communal level.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is in line to succeed the President in case of death or resignation, according to the 1987 [[Constitution of Haiti]].