Bocchit Edmond | |
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![]() Bocchit Edmond in 2018 | |
Ambassador of Haiti to the United States | |
Assumed office December 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Hervé Denis |
Foreign Minister of Haiti | |
In office September 5, 2018 – March 4, 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Jack Guy Lafontant Jean-Henry Céant Jean-Michel Lapin Joseph Jouthe |
Preceded by | Antonio Rodrigue |
Succeeded by | Claude Joseph |
Bocchit Edmond is a Haitian politician and diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Haiti to the United States since December 1, 2020, when he replaced Hervé Denis, the prior ambassador.[1][2] In 2022 he called for military intervention from the international community to stem unrest and violence.[3]
Previously, Edmond served as Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2018[4] until March 2020, when he was succeeded by Claude Joseph.[5] In May 2023, Haitian government fired Bocchit due to a corruption scheme involving illegal passport issuance at his Washington embassy, according to The Miami Herald.[6]