Garry Conille

Garry Conille (; born 26 February 1966) is a Haitian politician, physician, academic, development worker, and author who served as acting prime minister from 3 June to 11 November 2024 under the Transitional Presidential Council. He previously served as the 15th prime minister from 2011 to 2012, submitting his resignation on 24 February 2012, and being officially succeeded by Laurent Lamothe on 16 May 2012.

On 28 May 2024, the Transitional Presidential Council tapped Conille to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take back control from violent gangs.

On 10 November 2024, the Transitional Presidential Council replaced Conille with businessman and former political candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

Early life Garry Conille is the second of a family of four brothers (Serge, Pierre and Jean Conille). He is the son of Marie Antoinette Darbouze and Dr. Serge Conille, former Minister of Sports and Youth in the Duvalier government. He is married to Betty Rousseau, the step daughter of Marc Bazin, a former prime minister of Haiti and has twin girls, Soraya and Gaelle. Betty and her twin sister Kathy are Bazin's daughters from his wife Marie Yolène's (née Sam) first marriage.

Medical career After graduating from Collège Canado-Haïtien and the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of University of Haiti, Garry Conille obtained an MA in Political and Health Administration, as a fellow of the Fulbright Scholar Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Afterwards, he received a certificate of specialty in gynecology and obstetrics at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity Hospital and a Ph.D. in Medicine at the University of Haiti. and Jamaica (2020–2022),

Prime Minister of Haiti

First term By the end of August 2011, unofficial comments of Haitian politicians indicated that Garry Conille might be the next nomination for the post of Prime Minister. On 5 September, he received the official designation for this office from the President Michel Martelly. This would be the third nomination after Jean-Max Bellerive's resignation on 15 May 2011, and the subsequent rejections by the Senate of the nominees Daniel Rouzier and Bernard Gousse.

Conille's nomination faced questions as to whether he fulfilled the requirement regarding his recent residency, prescribed in the Constitution of Haiti, of having resided in the country for five consecutive years prior to ratification. The president countered by arguing that Conille was exempt from the residency requirement as he had been working for the United Nations, paying taxes to the United Nations for Haiti.

The review and ratification process of his nomination began on 8 September 2011, following which the Chamber of Deputies approved his appointment on 16 September in a unanimous vote. On 5 October, the Senate confirmed Garry Conille's appointment as the 16th Prime Minister of Haiti, making him the youngest Prime Minister under the previous Constitution of 1987.

Resignation Conille resigned on 24 February 2012, following a loss of confidence in him from his ministers. He had clashed with ministers and Martelly over several issues, Martelly refused to comply with the investigation, stating the executive branch did not have to comply with the investigation. Some ministers cooperated with the investigation, but others refused. When Conille called a meeting with ministers to discuss the matter, none of them appeared. The incident served to demonstrate their lack of confidence in him, triggering his resignation. He was sworn in on 3 June 2024. Shortly afterwards, Conille was hospitalized on 8 June for undisclosed reasons, with sources from within the government stating to media that his condition was caused by an asthma attack. He was released after a night of treatment. Conille's cabinet was sworn in on 12 June, with him being appointed as the Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities.

Conille's government appointed Rameau Normil, the former acting director-general of the Haitian National Police who served under president Jovenel Moïse for 15 months before his dismissal, back to his post in order to handle the worsening security situation, replacing Frantz Elbé on 21 June. The first contingent of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti was deployed to Haiti on 25 June under Conille's premiership. His first official trip after assuming the premiership was to the United States, in order to ask for additional assistance for Haiti.

On 29 July, Conille was giving an interview to CNN at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince when gunfire was heard in a nearby neighborhood. The interview proceeded as planned; he was later escorted to safety. Following the massacre carried out in October 2024 by a gang in Pont-Sondé, Conille travelled to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya in order to seek security assistance.

On 10 November 2024, the transitional council published an executive order in Le Moniteur replacing Conille with businessman and former political candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. Conille called his dismissal "illegal". The Constitution of Haiti only permits the parliament to dismiss a prime minister, and at the time of Conille's dismissal, there was no parliament to speak of.

Publications Recommendations to support Haiti’s economic development (2006), with Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Ambassador Gert Rosenthal (online) ICT for Education and Development − The Challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (2006) (online) 2004–2007 report of the Commission for Social Affairs: African Union (2007) Cancer of the Cervix at Maternity Isaïe Jeanty (May 1992) Sustainable financing of Health Care Reform in developing Countries ( May 1999) Gender Poverty and health care reform (May 2001) Social Franchising of reproductive health service in developing countries