The Chamber of Deputies (; ) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously 99) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely.

In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members. On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source into two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119.

Elections history The first bicameral legislature, created under Alexandre Pétion's 1816 revision to the 1806 constitution, formed the Senate as the upper house and the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes as the lower house. The Chamber, which was first elected on 10 February 1817 and held its first session on 22 April 1817, elected Pierre André as its first president of the chamber. Pétion gave his final public speech in front of the newly-seated chamber, but then suspended the legislature the following year.

Candidates from Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party took 73 of the then 83 seats in the 2000 elections. Following the overthrow of the government in February 2004, an interim government was established. The terms of the Deputies expired during the rule of the interim government and the Chamber remained empty. It was re-established along with the Senate, and elections were scheduled for November 2005. After many delays and missed deadlines, elections were finally held on 21 April 2006. The Deputies commenced meeting in June 2006. The exact makeup of the Chamber remains unknown as the Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) has not posted the results. The next Chamber elections were scheduled for 2010. There were new parliamentary elections in 2015–16.

Previous composition PartyDeputies1st Round2nd RoundTotalHaitian Tèt Kale Party (PHTK) 4 22 26Plateforme Vérité (VERITE) 1 12 13Konvansyon Inite Demokratik (KID) 0 7 7Struggling People's Organization (OPL) 0 7 7Fanmi Lavalas (FL) 0 6 6Haiti in Action (AAA) 2 4 6Patriotic Unity (INITE PATRIYOTIK) 1 3 4Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (LAPEH) 0 3 3Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (FSDH) 0 3 3Reseau National Bouclier (BOUCLIER) 0 3 3Renmen Ayiti 0 2 2Tet Kole sous Chimen Devlopman pou un Nord'Ouest uni et Renonve (MOSANO) 0 2 2Consortium National des Partis Politiques Haïtiens (CONSORTIUM) 0 2 2Pont 0 1 1Platfom Pitit Desalin 0 1 1Parti pour la Libération des Masses et d'Intégration Sociale (PALMIS) 0 1 1Konbit Travaye Peyizan pou Libere Ayiti (KONTRA PEP LA) 0 1 1Mouvement National Haïtien (MONHA) 0 1 1Konsyans Patriotik (KP) 0 1 1Federalist Party (PF) 0 1 1Mouvement Action Socialiste (MAS) 0 1 1Seats that haven't been awarded yet (currently vacant)27Total 8 84 119Sources: , ,

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies Le Président de la Chambre / Prezidan Chanm Depite Name Took office Left officePartyPierre André? - 18171817–?N.-D. Lafargue? - 1819July 1820–?Pierre André? - 18201820–?Doizé Pouponneau? - November 1821November 1821–?Caminero? - October 18221825–?Beaubrun Ardouin? - January 1826January 1826–?Franco Travieso? - 18261826–?P. Muzaine? - 18261826–?M. Duval? - 18271827Jean Benis18271827Jacques Depa18271827–?M. Druilhet? - 18281828Doizé Pouponneau18281828D. Villedautant18281829–?E. Legros? - 18301830Doizé Pouponneau18301830–?A. Massez? - 18311831–?J. S. Milscent? - 18321832G. Malval18321832–?J. S. Milscent? - September 1833June 1835–?Phanor Dupin? - October 1839November 1839–?H.-In. Joseph? - 18481848–?Brutus de Jean-Simon? - September 1849September 1849–?Brutus de Jean-Simon? - 18521852–?Jean-François Acloque??Panayoty? - 18591859–?V. Lizaire? - 18601860–?W. Chanlatte? - September 1860December 1860–?R. A. DeslandesLOI anahore.org? - July 1862August 1862–?P.-N. Valcin? - 18641864–?T. Chalviré? - 18701870–?Jeantel Manigat? - 18701870–?J. Thébaud? - 18741874–?Hannibal Price18761876Eugène MargronLOI anaphore.org? - August 1877August 1877–?Hannibal Price? - 18781878–?Demesvar Delorme? - 18791879–?Guillaume Manigat? - October 1880October 1880–?François ManigatApril 1881October 1881–?Edmond Paul??Ripert Honorat? - February 1883February 1883–?Osman Piquant? - August 1884September 1884–?Fabius Ducasse? - October 1885October 1885–?Germain? - 18861886 – ?Dorvil Théodore? - June 1887June 1887–?Oswald Durand18881888M. StewartPresident of the constitutional assembly?1889Pétion Pierre-André? - September 1891September 1892–?M. Stewart? - September 1893December 1893–?J. M. Grandoit? - July 1894December 1894–?Vilbrun Guillaume Sam? - July 1895 – 1896October 1897–?Camille Saint-Rémy18981898Henri Prophète18991900Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave? - September 1901September 1901–?Stephen Archer? - 19031906–?G. Desrosiers19081911A. Amisia? - 19121912–?St-Amand Blot? - 19131913–?Denis Saint-Aude? - 19141914–?Annulysse André1915?J. M. GrandoitBulletin des Lois et Actes anaphore.org? - 19221925Em. J. Thomas19251925Edmond Montas19251926Em. J. Thomas19261927Charles Bouchereau19271928Antoine C. SansaricqBulletin des Lois et Actes 1929 anaphore.org19281929F. Robinson19291929–?Joseph Jolibois19301932Joseph Loubeau1932?Denis Saint-AudePresident of the constitutional assembly? - 19321933–?Edg. Pierre-LouisBulletin des Lois et Actes ?1934Dumarsais Estimé19341935Louis S. Zéphirin19361939Edouard Piou19391940–?Théophile B. Richard?–19411941–?Théophile J. B. Richard?–19431943–?Hugues BourjollyElie Lescot anaphore.org? - January 1944January 1944–?Théophile J. B. Richard? - 19451946–?Joseph LoubeauLe Corps Legislatif anaphore.org? - 19461949Dumas Michel19491949–?Adelphin TelsonArchived copy 4 April 19501955–?Salnave C. Zamor19561956–?Rameau EstiméArchived copy ? - 19581960–?Luc F. François? - 19611962–?Rameau Estimé19621963Jean M. Julme? - 19631964–?Ulrick Saint-Louis1971?Victor Nevers Constant? - 19771981Jaurès Levêque? - 19831985–?No legislature19861987Émile JonassaintPresident of the constitutional assembly? - March 19871988Jacques Saint-LouisJanuary 1988June 1988No legislatureJune 1988February 1991Ernst Pedro Casséus199120 August 1991Pierre Duly Brutus20 August 19911992Alexandre Médard15 January 1992January 1993Antoine JosephJanuary 1993January 1994Frantz Robert Mondé13 January 19941994Pierre Duly Brutus19941995Fritz Robert Saint-Paul October 1995January 1997Kely BastienUnited Nations document 1998 un.org14 January 1997January 1998Vasco ThernélanJanuary 1998January 1999–?Term expired in January 1999Sainvoyis Pascal28 August 20002000Pierre Paul Cotin? – December 200028 February 2002Rudy Hériveaux28 February 2002January 2003Yves Cristalin? – April 2003January 2004No legislatureJanuary 2004May 2006Pierre Eric Jean-JacquesMay 2006January 2009Levaillant Louis JeuneJanuary 200926 April 2011Sorel Jacinthe26 April 2011January 2012Levaillant Louis JeuneJanuary 2012January 2013Jean Tholbert AlèxisJanuary 201315 January 2014Stevenson Jacques Thimoléon15 January 201411 January 2016Cholzer Chancy11 January 201610 January 2018Gary Bodeau10 January 201813 January 2020Vacant13 January 2020Present

Notes

See also List of current members of the National Assembly of Haiti

Further reading

About parliament - Chamber of Deputies, Inter-Parliamentary Union