Jean-Max Bellerive (; born 1958) is a Haitian politician and former
Prime Minister
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of Haiti. He resigned on 14 May 2011.
Biography
Personal life
Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor,
[ he left Haiti at a very young age to study in ]Switzerland
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, France
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, and Belgium
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. With a degree in Political Science and International Relations, Bellerive returned to Haiti in 1986,Jean-Claude Duvalier
Jean-Claude Duvalier (; 3 July 19514 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (, ), was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He succeeded his father François ...
. He is married to Myriam Estevez De Bellerive and has two adult daughters, Diana Jennifer Bellerive and Jessica Bellerive.[
]
Prime Minister of Haiti
Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister, Bellerive was the Minister of Planning and External Cooperation.[
The Haitian President, ]René Préval
René Garcia Préval (; 17 January 1943 – 3 March 2017)
was a Haitian Politics of Haiti, politician and agronomist who twice was President of Haiti, from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid-2006 to mid-2011. He was also List of Prime ...
, following the orders of a senate resolution, nominated Bellerive on 30 October 2009 to replace the former Prime Minister, .[
On 14 May 2011, Bellerive resigned as Prime Minister, so as to allow the country's new president, ]Michel Martelly
Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who served as the 42nd president of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. On August 20, 2024, the United States sanctioned the former president for traffic ...
, to choose his own prime minister.Daniel Gérard Rouzier
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to succeed Bellerive. However, the parliament rejected Rouzier.
Corruption allegations
2016 investigation
Bellerive was one of several former government officials targeted by the Chair of the Senate
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's Anti-Corruption Committee, Youri Latortue
Youri Latortue (born 13 October 1967) is a Haitian politician who served as president of the Senate (Haiti), Senate from January 13, 2017 to January 9, 2018. He was sanctioned by the Canadian and United States authorities for his involvement in th ...
, in an investigation of the management of the Petrocaribe
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program.
2017 investigation
''Reuters
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The agency ...
'' reported in December 2017 that Bellerive was banned from leaving the country amid a corruption investigation along with , who is a former justice minister that served in 2016. He was ordered not to leave by a judge investigating the disappearance of a public procurement official and the 2012 death of a construction manager allegedly connected to the case. Bellerive denied involvement.
2023 U.S. Department of State public designation
On 11 December 2023, the U.S. State Department
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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.
References
External links
Canadian International Development Agency: Jean-Max Bellerive biography
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Prime ministers of Haiti
1958 births
Living people
Lespwa politicians
Politicians from Port-au-Prince
21st-century Haitian politicians
Justice ministers of Haiti