Jean-Jacques Honorat
3rd Prime Minister of Haiti
In office
October 11, 1991 – June 19, 1992
PresidentJoseph Nérette (provisional)
Preceded byRené Préval
Succeeded byMarc Bazin
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship
In office
October 15, 1991 – December 16, 1991
PresidentJoseph Nérette
Prime MinisterJean-Jacques Honorat (himself)
Preceded byJean-Robert Sabalat
Succeeded byJean-Robert Simonise
Personal details
Born(1931-04-01)April 1, 1931
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
DiedJuly 26, 2023(2023-07-26) (aged 92)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political partyIndependent
SpouseYvelie Honorat
ProfessionJuris Doctor, Agronomist

Jean-Jacques Honorat (April 1, 1931 – July 26, 2023) was a Haitian politician who served as the prime minister of Haiti after the 1991 coup d'état from 1991 until 1992.[1] He was a human rights activist and philanthropist for over 60 years. He was also an author having published 16 books,[2] including a book titled Le manifeste du dernier monde in 1980.[3]

Biography

Honorat was born on April 1, 1931, in Port-au-Prince. After completing his degrees in agronomy and law,, he became a human rights activist. He had been an activist for 40 years before becoming prime minister, while also working as a professor of law and human rights.[4] The philanthropist and humanitarian was accused of having ties to François Duvalier. Honorat stated that their families were, indeed, close and in fact, there were family ties between them. However, in a December 1991 phone interview with correspondents from Washington D.C.'s EIR, he also stated that he quickly became an activist after Duvalier staged the 1961 coup, which was why he left his position as tourist director. The rift between families would lead to Honorat's eventual exile to New York after Francois' son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, unjustly expelled him from the country in 1980.[5] Honorat became prime minister of Haiti on October 11, 1991. President Nérette and Honorat spoke out against the U.S.-led embargoes, calling them genocides.[4] Like many other prime ministers since 1988, Honorat's term would be short-lived and ended after interference by corrupt military officials. He spent eight months in office. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship from October to December 1991.

Honorat continued to be praised in the diplomatic arena. His degrees in agronomy and law, along with his fluency in French, Spanish, Creole, Mandarin, German, and English, served him well throughout his career.

Honorat was also an author, publishing his first book Le manifeste du dernier monde in 1980.

Jean-Jacques Honorat died in Port-au-Prince on July 26, 2023, at the age of 92.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Coupeau, Steeve (2008). The history of Haiti. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 115. ISBN 978-0-313-34089-5.
  2. ↑ "Honorat, Jean-Jacques". Worldcat. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Honorat, Jean Jacques (1980). Le manifeste du dernier monde (in French). Impr. H. Deschamps.
  4. 1 2 Scanlon, Dana (December 20, 1991). "Interview: Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Honorat" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Population, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and (1985). Demographic Impact of Immigration on the United States: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. ↑ L’ancien premier ministre de facto sous le règne des putchistes Jean Jacques Honorat est mort (in French)
  7. ↑ "Haïti / Nécrologie : Décès de l'ex-premier ministre Jean-Jacques Honorat". Centre Infos. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Décès du troisième Premier ministre haïtien, Jean-Jacques Honorat". Le National. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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