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Created
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08PORTAUPRINCE1208
2008-08-26 16:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:
HAITI: PRESIDENT FORMALLY NAMES NEW PRIME
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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
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
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