Haiti’s transitional government has chosen a new Prime Minister in order to replace former Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
In his place, and taking the mantle from interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, is former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille.
Suite à des échanges au sein du Conseil Présidentiel de Transition après les auditions des candidats retenus pour le poste de Premier Ministre, le Dr. Garry Conille est choisi par consensus pour diriger le gouvernement de la période de Transition.
— Edgard LEBLANC Fils (@EdgardLeblanc) May 28, 2024
Conille had previously held the office in October of 2011, before he resigned in February of 2012 due to a loss of confidence from Haiti’s ministers. Conille has a very difficult situation ahead of him, with Haiti experiencing an incredible security crisis, and a years long political crisis.
Prime Minister Henry resigned at the beginning of March after he was prevented from returning to the country by a series of gang attacks on numerous state institutions, including the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Henry had been the acting president since the assassination of President Jovenal Moise in 2021, and so his resignation left Haiti without anyone in its two top positions. With the collapse of Henry’s government, a transitional government was established.
