HAITI: PRESIDENT FORMALLY NAMES NEW PRIME

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001208 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR, DRL, S/CRS, INR/IAA SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL HA SUBJECT: HAITI: PRESIDENT FORMALLY NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET REF: PORT AU PRINCE 1093 ¶1. (U) A Presidential decree dated August 24 that became public August 26 formally named Michele Pierre-Louis (whose full name is Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis) Prime Minister. A second decree from the Prime Minister of the same date named the members of her cabinet. They are listed in para 3. Bios of the ministers will follow septel. ¶2. (U) For this government to be confirmed in office, each house of Parliament must give a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister's declaration of the government's general policy (reftel). That session in the Chamber of Deputies is tentatively scheduled for August 28, with the vote in the Senate to be held as soon as August 29. ¶3. Begin List of Ministers in Government of Michele Pierre-Louis: -- Paul Antoine BIEN-AIME - Minister of the Interior and Territorial Collectivities -- Alrich NICOLAS, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cults -- Michele DUVIVIER PIERRE-LOUIS, Minister ad interim of Justice and Public Security -- Daniel DORSAINVIL, Minister of Economy and Finance -- Jean-Max BELLERIVE, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation -- Joanas GUE, Minister of Agriculture, National Resources and Rural Development -- Marie Laurence JOCELYN LASSEGUE, Minister of Women's Affairs and Women's Rights -- Patrick DELATOUR, Minister of Tourism -- Marie Josee GARNIER, Minister of Commerce and Industry -- Gerald JEAN-BAPTISTE, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications -- Jean Marie Claude GERMAIN, Minister of Environment -- Joel Desrosier JEAN-PIERRE, Minister of National Education and Professional Training -- Charles MANIGAT, Minister of Haitians Living Abroad -- Evans LESCOUFLAIR, Minister of Youth, Sports and Civic Action -- Gabrielle Previlon BAUDIN, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor -- Alex LARSEN, Minister of Public Health and Population -- Olsen JEAN-JULIEN, Minister of Culture and Communication -- Joseph JASMIN, Minister assigned to the office of the Prime Minister, Responsible for Relations with Parliament End List of Ministers. SANDERSON