Kathia Verdier

Kathia Verdier is a Haitian politician, Minister of Haitians Living Abroad since 2024.

Early life Verdies was born in 1994 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She has completed courses in governance and public administration, specializing in communication, as well as in NGO management, finance, accounting, and international trade. She was sworn in on 16 November. Kathia Verdier has launched an initiative to provide identity documents to members of the Haitian diaspora, with the aim of facilitating the exercise of their rights as citizens.

Under her leadership, the Ministry was given an organic law, after thirty-one years of operating without a legal framework. In December 2025, she also officially launched the Diaspora Mapping project.