Jean-Max Bellerive
Bellerive in 2010
14th Prime Minister of Haiti
In office
11 November 2009 – 18 October 2011
PresidentRené Préval
Michel Martelly
Preceded byMichèle Pierre-Louis
Succeeded byGarry Conille
Minister of Planning and External Cooperation
In office
2006–2009
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political partyLespwa
SpouseMyriam Estevez De Bellerive

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 to Myriam Estevez De Bellerive and has two adult daughters, Diana Jennifer Bellerive and Jessica Bellerive.[3]

Prime Minister of Haiti

Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister, Bellerive was the Minister of Planning and External Cooperation.[3] The Haitian President, René Préval, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30 October 2009 to replace the former Prime Minister, Michèle Pierre-Louis.[4] 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.[4]

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.

2023 U.S. Department of State public designation

On 11 December 2023, the U.S. State Department publicly designated Bellerive as pursuant to Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, "for abusing his public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti’s government." Bellerive is not permitted entry into the United States. His immediate family members were also designated.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jacqueline Charles (15 May 2011). "Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive resigns". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Haitian Prime Minister Bellerive known as political survivor, technocrat". Brunswick News. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Office of the Spokesperson (11 December 2023). "Leveraging Tools to Promote Accountability and Counter Global Corruption". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 12 December 2023. Jean-Max Bellerive, former Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and External Cooperation. Pursuant to Section 7031(c), the Department of State is publicly designating Bellerive for abusing his public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti's government. As part of this action, his immediate family members are also designated, including his spouse Myriam Estevez De Bellerive and his adult daughters Diana Jennifer Bellerive and Jessica Bellerive.
  4. 1 2 "Haiti president designates economist to be premier". Reuters. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
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