Jean-Max Bellerive

Jean-Max Bellerive (; born 1958) is a Haitian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Haiti from 2009 until his resignation in 2011.

Biography Personal life Bellerive was born in Port-au-Prince in 1958. As the son of a prominent doctor, just before the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He is married to Myriam Estevez De Bellerive and has two adult daughters, Diana Jennifer Bellerive and Jessica Bellerive. A day before the nomination, on 29 October 2009, 18 senators of a 29-member senate had voted to dismiss Pierre-Louis on charges that she was performing poorly in leading Haiti's economic recovery efforts in the wake of the destructive 2008 hurricane season.

2017 investigation Reuters reported in December 2017 that Bellerive was banned from leaving the country amid a corruption investigation along with , who is a former justice minister who served in 2016. He was ordered not to leave by a judge investigating the disappearance of a public procurement official and the 2012 death of a construction manager allegedly connected to the case. Bellerive denied involvement.

2023 U.S. Department of State public designation On 11 December 2023, the U.S. State Department publicly designated Bellerive as pursuant to Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, "for abusing his public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti’s government." Bellerive is not permitted entry into the United States. His immediate family members were also designated.