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Paul Denis (Haiti politician)

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Paul Denis
Minister of Justice and Public Security
In office
11 November 2009 – 27 June 2011
PresidentRené Préval
Prime MinisterJean-Max Bellerive
Preceded byJean-Joseph Exumé
Succeeded byJean-Max Bellerive
Personal details
Born1942/1943
Died (aged 81)
Port-Salut, Haiti
Political partyInite

Paul Denis (1942/1943 – 11 March 2024) was a Haitian politician. He served as Justice Minister of Haiti from 11 November 2009 to 27 June 2011. He also served as one-third of the Tripartite Council which appointed the seven-member Council of Sages which took power in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Haiti Rebellion which overthrew former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, of whom Denis was a vocal opponent.[1]

The 2010 Haiti earthquake destroyed the Ministry of Justice building and Denis, who was working in his office at the time, was one of several politicians initially reported dead.[2] [3] However, Denis was able to exit the building in time but many of his staffers and advisers were killed.[4]

Before the quake, he had been campaigning in the presidential phase of the 2006 Haitian elections on behalf of the OPL.[5]

Accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July 2021, he was cleared by judge Walter Wesser Voltaire in charge of the investigation. Denis died in Port-Salut on 11 March 2024, at the age of 81.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Establishment of the Tripartite Council in Haiti Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, 8 March 2004
  2. ^ "Boschafter: Mehrere Minister unter den Toten" (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  3. ^ Death toll nearly 50,000 in ‘ghost town’ Haiti, ZeeNews.com, 16 January 2010
  4. ^ Charles, Jacqueline (23 January 2010). "With state symbols gone, a sense of panic starts to grow". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  5. ^ Paul Denis Archived 14 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Haiti Elections Archive '05
  6. ^ "Décès de l'ancien ministre Paul Denis". lenational.org. Le National. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2024.