List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

This article lists the commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti (French: Forces Armées d'Haïti—FAd'H), from the end of the U.S. occupation in 1934 through the disbandment of the FAd'H in 1995, during the Operation Uphold Democracy, until the reinstatement of the FAd'H in 2017.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti Commandant en chef des Forces armées d'Haïti Kòmandan an chèf Fòs Lame an Ayiti
Coat of arms of Haiti
Incumbent Lieutenant general Jodel Lesage since 17 November 2017
Armed Forces of Haiti
Seat	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Appointer	Jovenel Moïse President of Haiti
Formation	1 August 1934[lower-alpha 1]
First holder	Colonel Démosthènes P. Calixte[lower-alpha 1]

Officeholders

Commanders of the Guard of Haiti

No.	Portrait	Commander of the Guard	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Colonel Démosthènes P. Calixte	1 August 1934	9 January 1938	3 years, 161 days	Guard of Haiti
2		Colonel Jules André	9 January 1938	28 August 1944	6 years, 232 days	Guard of Haiti
3		Colonel Franck Lavaud (1903–1986)	28 August 1944	5 September 1946	2 years, 8 days	Guard of Haiti

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
(3)		Brigadier general Franck Lavaud (1903–1986)	5 September 1946	6 December 1950	4 years, 92 days	Army of Haiti
4		Brigadier general Antoine Levelt (1910–?)	6 December 1950	13 December 1956	6 years, 7 days	Army of Haiti
5		Brigadier general Léon Cantave (1910–1967)	13 December 1956	26 May 1957	164 days	Army of Haiti
6		Brigadier general Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (1909–1963)	26 May 1957	12 March 1958	290 days	Army of Haiti
7		Major general Maurice P. Flambert	12 March 1958	7 December 1958	269 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
8		Major general Pierre Merceron	7 December 1958	6 September 1961	2 years, 273 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
9		Brigadier general Jean-René Boucicault	7 September 1961	9 August 1962	336 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
10		Brigadier general Gérard Constant	9 August 1962	8 December 1970	8 years, 121 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
11		Lieutenant general Claude Raymond	8 December 1970	11 August 1973	2 years, 246 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
12		Lieutenant general Jean-Baptiste Hilaire	11 August 1973	6 September 1978	5 years, 26 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
13		Lieutenant general Roger Saint-Albin	7 September 1978	23 March 1984	5 years, 198 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
14		Lieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018)	23 March 1984	4 November 1987	3 years, 226 days	Armed Forces of Haiti

Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
(14)		Lieutenant general Henri Namphy (1932–2018)	4 November 1987	17 June 1988	226 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
–		Brigadier general Morton Gousse Acting [lower-alpha 2]	17 June 1988	19 June 1988	2 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
15		Major general Carl-Michel Nicolas [lower-alpha 3]	19 June 1988	17 September 1988	90 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
16		Lieutenant general Prosper Avril (born 1937)	17 September 1988	10 March 1990	1 year, 174 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
17		Lieutenant general Hérard Abraham (born 1940)	10 March 1990	2 July 1991	1 year, 114 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
18		Lieutenant general Raoul Cédras (born 1949) [lower-alpha 4]	2 July 1991	10 October 1994	3 years, 100 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
–		Major general Jean-Claude Duperval (1947–2020) Acting	10 October 1994	17 November 1994	38 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
19		Brigadier general Bernardin Poisson (born 1948)	17 November 1994	20 February 1995	95 days	Armed Forces of Haiti
Armed Forces disbanded (20 February 1995 – 17 November 2017)
20		Lieutenant general Jodel Lesage (born 1954)	17 November 2017	Incumbent	3 years, 84 days	Armed Forces of Haiti

See also

• Military history of Haiti

Notes

1. Commander of the Guard of Haiti.
2. Dismissed following the June 1988 coup d'état.
3. Dismissed following the September 1988 coup d'état.
4. Staged the 1991 coup d'état. Afterwards served as de facto leader of Haiti from 1991 to 1994.

Bibliography

• Daniel Supplice, Bibliographic dictionary of political personalities of the Republic of Haiti 1804–2001. Lanno Imprimerie, Belgium 2001, ISBN 9993562300