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

The following is a list of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti, from the end of the US occupation in 1934 until the dissolution of the Armed Forces of Haiti in 1995, during the Operation Uphold Democracy.

Commanders of the Guard of Haiti

No Portrait Rank Name Armed Force Term of Office
Start End Duration
1. Colonel Démosthènes P. Calixte Guard of Haiti 1 August 1934 9 January 1938 3 years, 161 days
2. Colonel Jules André Guard of Haiti 9 January 1938 28 August 1944 6 years, 232 days

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army

No Portrait Rank Name Armed Force Term of Office
Start End Duration
3. Colonel Franck Lavaud Guard of Haiti 28 August 1944 5 September 1946 6 years, 100 days
Brigadier General Army of Haiti 5 September 1946 6 December 1950
4. Brigadier General Antoine Levelt Army of Haiti 6 December 1950 13 December 1956 6 years, 7 days
5. Brigadier General Léon Cantave Army of Haiti 13 December 1956 26 May 1957 164 days
6. Brigadier General Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau Army of Haiti 26 May 1957 12 March 1958 290 days
7. Major General Maurice P. Flambert Armed Forces of Haiti 12 March 1958 7 December 1958 269 days
8. Brigadier General Pierre Merceron Armed Forces of Haiti 7 December 1958 6 September 1961 2 years, 273 days
9. Brigadier General Jean-René Boucicault Armed Forces of Haiti 7 September 1961 9 August 1962 336 days
10. Brigadier General Gérard Constant Armed Forces of Haiti 9 August 1962 8 December 1970 8 years, 121 days
11. Lt. General Claude Raymond Armed Forces of Haiti 8 December 1970 11 August 1973 2 years, 246 days
12. Lt. General Jean-Baptiste Hilaire Armed Forces of Haiti 11 August 1973 6 September 1978 5 years, 26 days
13. Lt. General Roger Saint-Albin Armed Forces of Haiti 7 September 1978 23 March 1984 5 years, 198 days
14. Lt. General Henri Namphy Armed Forces of Haiti 23 March 1984 4 November 1987 3 years, 226 days

Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti

No Portrait Rank Name Armed Force Term of Office
Start End Duration
14. Lt. General Henri Namphy Armed Forces of Haiti 4 November 1987 17 June 1988 226 days
Brigadier General Morton Gousse Armed Forces of Haiti 17 June 1988 19 June 1988 2 days
15. Major General Carl-Michel Nicolas Armed Forces of Haiti 19 June 1988 17 September 1988 90 days
16. Lt. General Prosper Avril Armed Forces of Haiti 17 September 1988 10 March 1990 1 year, 174 days
17. Lt. General Hérard Abraham Armed Forces of Haiti 10 March 1990 2 July 1991 1 year, 114 days
18. Lt. General Raoul Cédras Armed Forces of Haiti 2 July 1991 10 October 1994 3 years, 100 days
Major General Jean-Claude Duperval Armed Forces of Haiti 10 October 1994 17 November 1994 38 days
19. Lt. General Bernardin Poisson Armed Forces of Haiti 17 November 1994 20 February 1995 95 days

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