Bocchit Edmond
Bocchit Edmond | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Haiti to the United States | |
| In office December 1, 2020 – January 20, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Hervé Denis |
| Foreign Minister of Haiti | |
| In office September 5, 2018 – March 4, 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jack Guy Lafontant Jean-Henry Céant Jean-Michel Lapin Joseph Jouthe |
| Preceded by | Antonio Rodrigue |
| Succeeded by | Claude Joseph |
Bocchit Edmond is a Haitian politician and diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Haiti to the United States since December 1, 2020 until January 20, 2025, when he replaced Hervé Denis, the prior ambassador.[1][2] In 2022 he called for military intervention from the international community to stem unrest and violence.[3]
Previously, Edmond served as Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2018[4] until March 2020, when he was succeeded by Claude Joseph.[5] In May 2023, Haitian government fired Bocchit due to a corruption scheme involving illegal passport issuance at his Washington embassy, according to The Miami Herald.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bocchit Edmond appointed as Haiti's Ambassador to the US". The Haitian Times. December 3, 2020.
- ^ @moisejovenel (2 December 2020). "Je suis fier de nommer, comme Ambassadeur à Washington, l'ancien Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et des Cultes(MAE…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Haiti politician killed violence CNN [dead link]
- ^ "New government named in Haiti". Antigua Observer Newspaper. September 7, 2018.
- ^ "Nouveau Premier ministre en Haïti nommé après la démission du gouvernement". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Haiti's top diplomat in the U.S. is fired after a passport scandal in the Washington embassy". Yahoo News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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