Bocchit Edmond
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Bocchit Edmond | |
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| File:Bocchit Edmond - 2018 (31046028358) (cropped).jpg Bocchit Edmond in 2018 | |
| Ambassador of Haiti to the United States | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2020 | |
| 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 |
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Bocchit Edmond is a Haitian politician and diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Haiti to the United States since December 1, 2020, 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
- ↑ "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 français). 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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