!!!Haiti: Government
||Country name|''conventional long form'': Republic of Haiti \\ ''conventional short form'': Haiti \\ ''local long form'': Republique d'Haiti/Repiblik d Ayiti \\ ''local short form'': Haiti/Ayiti \\ ''etymology'': the native Taino name means "land of high mountains" and was originally applied to the entire island of Hispaniola \\ 
||Government type|semi-presidential republic
||Capital|Port-au-Prince[{GoogleMap location='Port-au-Prince' zoom='6'}] \\ ''geographic coordinates'': 18 32 N, 72 20 W \\ ''time difference'': UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) \\ ''daylight saving time'': none in 2016 \\ 
||Administrative divisions|10 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
||Independence|1 January 1804 (from France)
||National holiday|Independence Day, 1 January (1804)
||Constitution|many previous (23 total); latest adopted 10 March 1987; amended 2012 (2016)
||Legal system|civil law system strongly influenced by Napoleonic Code
||International law organization participation|accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; non-party state to the ICCt
||Citizenship|''citizenship by birth'': no \\ ''citizenship by descent only'': at least one parent must be a native-born citizen of Haiti \\ ''dual citizenship recognized'': no \\ ''residency requirement for naturalization'': 5 years \\ 
||Suffrage|18 years of age; universal
||Executive branch|''chief of state'': Interim President Jocelerme PRIVERT (since 14 February 2016); note - parliament elected Interim President PRIVERT after President Michel MARTELLY stepped down from office 7 February 2016 \\ ''head of government'': Prime Minister Enex JEAN-CHARLES (since 25 March 2016) \\ ''cabinet'': Cabinet chosen by the prime minister in consultation with the president; parliament must ratify the Cabinet and Prime Minister's governing policy \\ ''elections/appointments'': president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a single non-consecutive term); election last held 20 November 2016 (next to be held in October 2021); note - the previous election was last held on 25 October 2015, but a runoff scheduled for 24 April 2016 was postponed; on 6 June 2016, the Provisional Electoral Council announced that it had accepted a recommendation by an independent commission, which had found that fraud had marred the October 2015 vote, to formally annul the results; a repeat of the first round of the presidential election scheduled to take place 9 October 2016, with a second round to be held on 8 January 2017, was canceled becaused of Hurricane Matthew; the rescheduled election then took place on 20 November 2016 \\ ''election results'': 2016 election - Jovenel MOISE elected president; percent of vote - Jovenel MOISE (PHTK) 55.60%, Jude CELESTIN (LAPEH) 19.57%, Jean-Charles MOISE (PPD) 11.04%, Maryse NARCISSE (FL) 9.01%; other 0.75%; note - Jovenel MOISE will take office on 7 February 2017 \\ 
||Legislative branch|''description'': bicameral legislature or "le Corps Legislatif ou parlement" consists of le Senat or Senate (30 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years) and la Chambre de deputes or Chamber of Deputies (118 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms); note - when the two chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assemblee Nationale or the National Assembly that is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution \\ ''elections'': Senate - last held on 9 August 2015 with run-off election on 25 October 2015 (next possible election in 2017); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with run-off election on 25 October 2015 (next regular election may be held in 2017) \\ ''election results'': 2015 Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; 2015 Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; note - official results pending \\ 
||Judicial branch|''highest court(s)'': Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation (consists of a chief judge and other judges); note - Haiti is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice \\ ''judge selection and term of office'': judges appointed by the president from candidate lists submitted by the Senate of the National Assembly; note - Article 174 of the Haiti Constitution states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for 10 years, whereas Article 177 states that judges of the Supreme Court are appointed for life \\ ''subordinate courts'': Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; magistrates' courts; special courts \\ 
||Political parties and leaders|Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Empowerment or LAPEH (Jude CELESTIN) \\ Assembly of Progressive National Democrats or RDNP (Mirlande MANIGAT) \\ Christian and Citizen For Haiti's Reconstruction or ACCRHA (Chavannes JEUNE) \\ Christian Movement for a New Haiti or MCNH (Luc MESADIEU) \\ Convention for Democratic Unity or KID (Evans PAUL) \\ Cooperative Action to Rebuild Haiti or KONBA (Jean William JEANTY) \\ December 16 Platform or Platfom 16 Desanm (Dr. Gerard BLOT) \\ Democratic Alliance or ALYANS (Evans PAUL) (coalition composed of KID and PPRH) \\ Democratic Centers's National Council or CONACED (Osner FEVRY) \\ Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti-Revolutionary Party of Haiti or MODELH-PRDH \\ Effort and Solidarity to Create an Alternative for the People or ESKAMP (Joseph JASME) \\ Fanmi Lavalas or FL (Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE) \\ For Us All or PONT (Jean-Marie CHERESTAL) \\ Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats or FHSD (Edmonde Supplice BEAUZILE) \\ Grouping of Citizens for Hope or RESPE (Charles-Henri BAKER) \\ Haiti in Action or AAA (Youri LATORTUE) \\ Haitian Tet Kale Party or PHTK (Ann Valerie Timothee MILFORT) \\ Haitians for Haiti (Yvon NEPTUNE) \\ Independent Movement for National Reconstruction or MIRN (Luc FLEURINORD) \\ Konbit Pou refe Ayiti or KONBIT \\ Lavni Organization or LAVNI (Yves CRISTALIN) \\ Liberal Party of Haiti or PLH (Jean Andre VICTOR) \\ Liberation Platform or PLATFORME LIBERATION \\ Love Haiti or Renmen Ayiti (Jean-Henry CEANT and Camille LEBLANC) \\ Merging of Haitian Social Democratics or FUSION (Edmonde Supplice BEAUZILE) (coalition of Ayiti Capable, Haitian National Revolutionary Party, and National Congress of Democratic Movements) \\ Mobilization for National Development or MDN (Hubert de RONCERAY) \\ National Front for the Reconstruction of Haiti or FRN (Guy PHILIPPE) \\ New Christian Movement for a New Haiti or MOCHRENA (Luc MESADIEU) \\ Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition or MOPOD \\ Patriotic Unity or IP (Marie Denise CLAUDE) \\ Peasant Platform or PP \\ Peasant's Response or Repons Peyizan (Michel MARTELLY) \\ Platform Alternative for Progress and Democracy or ALTENATIV (Victor BENOIT and Evans PAUL) \\ Platform of Haitian Patriots or PLAPH (Dejean BELISAIRE and Himmler REBU) \\ Platform Pitit Dessalines or PPD (Jean-Charles MOISE) \\ Pont \\ Popular Party for the Renewal of Haiti or PPRH (Claude ROMAIN) \\ PPG18 \\ Rally or RASAMBLE \\ Renmen Ayiti or RA (Jean-Henry CEANT) \\ Respect or RESPE \\ Socialist Action Movement or MAS \\ Strength in Unity or Ansanm Nou Fo (Leslie VOLTAIRE) \\ Struggling People's Organization or OPL (Sauveur PIERRE-ETIENNE) \\ Truth (Verite) \\ Union (Chavannes JEUNE) \\ Union of Haitian Citizens for Democracy, Development, and Education or UCADDE (Jeantel JOSEPH) \\ Union of Nationalist and Progressive Haitians or UNPH (Edouard FRANCISQUE) \\ Unity or Inite (Levaillant LOUIS-JEUNE) (coalition that includes Front for Hope or L'ESPWA) \\ Vigilance or Veye Yo (Lavarice GAUDIN) \\ Youth for People's Power or JPP (Rene CIVIL)
||Political pressure groups and leaders|Autonomous Organizations of Haitian Workers or CATH (Fignole ST-CYR) \\ Confederation of Haitian Workers or CTH \\ Economic Forum of the Private Sector or EF (Reginald BOULOS) \\ Federation of Workers Trade Unions or FOS \\ General Organization of Independent Haitian Workers (Patrick NUMAS) \\ Grand-Anse Resistance Committee or KOREGA \\ Haitian Association of Industries or ADIH (Georges SASSINE) \\ National Popular Assembly or APN \\ Papaye Peasants Movement or MPP (Chavannes JEAN-BAPTISTE) \\ Popular Organizations Gathering Power or PROP \\ Protestant Federation of Haiti \\ Roman Catholic Church
||International organization participation|ACP, AOSIS, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
||Diplomatic representation in the US|''chief of mission'': Ambassador Paul Getty ALTIDOR (since 17 April 2012) \\ ''chancery'': 2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 \\ ''telephone'': (1) (202) 332-4090 \\ ''FAX'': (1) (202) 745-7215 \\ ''consulate(s) general'': Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Orlando (FL), New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico) \\ 
||Diplomatic representation from the US|''chief of mission'': Ambassador Peter MULREAN (since 6 October 2015) \\ ''embassy'': Tabarre 41, Route de Tabarre, Port-au-Prince \\ ''mailing address'': (in Haiti) P.O. Box 1634, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; (from abroad) 3400 Port-au-Prince, State Department, Washington, DC 20521-3400 \\ ''telephone'': (509) 2229-8000 \\ ''FAX'': (509) 229-8028 \\ 
||Flag description|two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolor and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes
||National symbol(s)|Hispaniolan trogon (bird), hibiscus flower; national colors: blue, red
||National anthem|''name'': "La Dessalinienne" (The Dessalines Song) \\ ''lyrics/music'': Justin LHERISSON/Nicolas GEFFRARD \\  \\ ''__note__'': adopted 1904; named for Jean-Jacques DESSALINES, a leader in the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti \\