Edmond Polynice

Edmond Sylvestre Polynice (; 21 January 1855 – 1915) was a Haitian military and political figure who served as interim President of Haiti twice in 1914, both times acting as head of a Committee of Public Safety. Previously, Polynice had been a member of the May 1902 committee headed by Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal.

In the 1910s, Haiti experienced a severe political crisis. These turbulent years were marked by successive ephemeral governments and Cacos revolts. After the deaths of generals Cincinnatus Leconte and Tancrède Auguste, civilian Michel Oreste was elected president in 1913. He was forced to resign on January 27, 1914, because of an insurrectional coup led by the Zamor's cacos. Edmond Polynice temporarily assumed power in Haiti, presiding over a civil-military committee responsible for maintaining political order. Immediately after Michel Oreste's fall, American, British, German and French marines landed to protect their interests - General Polynice called this a "national humiliation". Polynice transferred power to Oreste Zamor on February 8, after the National Assembly elected him as president. After Zamor's fall in the same year, General Polynice took power again with a provisional committee, ruling from October 29 to November 6, transferring the presidency to Joseph Davilmar Théodore.

After the murder of Vilbrun Sam, Polynice became a member of the Revolutionary Committee (28 July to 11 August 1915, led by Charles de Delva).