Hérard Abraham

Hérard Abraham (28 July 1940 – 24 August 2022) was a Haitian military officer and politician who served as acting President of Haiti between 10 March 1990 and 13 March 1990.

Biography

Hérard Abraham was born in Port-au-Prince on 28 July 1940. In July 1991, he was forced to retire from the army by the recently elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and moved to the United States. He settled in Miami, Florida and drifted into obscurity. He later served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2005 to 9 June 2006.

On 7 October 2019, amid nationwide protests for the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the retired lieutenant general penned an open letter regretting the situation. He called on political leaders to show thoughtfulness and patience for a resolution so that the country could never again be called a "shit hole", referring to language attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump.

In 2020, President Jovenel Moïse appointed Abraham to a five-member committee for drafting a new Constitution of Haiti. He started suffering from a brain tumor before his death and died at the age of 82 on 24 August 2022 at his home in Fermathe.