Garry Conille

Garry Conille
Conille in 2024
15thPrime Minister of Haiti
Acting
Assumed office 3 June 2024
Appointed by	Transitional Presidential Council
Preceded by	Michel Patrick Boisvert(acting)
In office 18 October 2011 – 16 May 2012
President	Michel Martelly
Preceded by	Jean-Max Bellerive
Succeeded by	Laurent Lamothe
Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
Prime Minister	Himself(acting)
Preceded by	Ariel Henry(acting)
ActingMinister of Justice
In office 22 November 2011 – 12 December 2011
President	Michel Martelly
Preceded by	Josué Pierre-Louis
Succeeded by	Michel Brunache
Personal details
Born	(1966-02-26)26 February 1966
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Haiti University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Garry Conille(French pronunciation:[ɡaʁikɔnij];born 26 February 1966) is a Haitian academic, development worker, author, and the current actingprime minister of Haitisince 3 June 2024. He previously served as the Prime Minister from 2011 to 2012, submitting his resignation on 24 February 2012, and being officially succeeded byLaurent Lamotheon 16 May 2012.

On 28 May 2024, Haiti's transition council tapped Conille to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take back control from violent gangs.

Early life

Garry Conille is the second of a family of four brothers (Serge, Pierre and Jean Conille). He is the son of Marie Antoinette Darbouze and Dr. Serge Conille, former Minister of Sports and Youth in theDuvalier government.He is married to Betty Rousseau, the step daughter ofMarc Bazin,a former prime minister of Haiti and has twin girls, Soraya and Gaelle. Betty and her twin sister Kathy are Bazin's daughters from his wife Marie Yolène's (née Sam) first marriage.

Medical career

After graduating fromCollège Canado-Haïtienand the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy ofUniversity of Haiti,Garry Conille obtained an MA in Political and Health Administration, as a fellow of theFulbright Scholar Programat theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Afterwards, he received a certificate of specialty in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Isaïe Jeanty maternity and a Ph.D. in Medicine at the University of Haiti.

Between July 1994 and June 1998, at the Haitian Association for the National Development, he developed and implemented a primary care system that provided basic health care in poor areas of Haiti. In August 1999, as an evaluation consultant, Garry Conille was responsible for the impact assessment of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, an NGO in the field of community development, providing community care to over 260,000 people inArtibonite.Between the years 2000 to 2004, he created and hosted atRadio Vision 2000,the first national interactive program, focused on issues related to reproductive and sexual health.

From October 2002 to May 2004, he worked as a technical advisor forPopulation Services International(PSI).

United Nations career

Garry Conille began his career with theUnited Nations(UN) in October 1999 as a project officer with theUnited Nations Population Fund(UNFPA), before becoming a programme officer under the same agency in April 2001.

In May 2004, he became an international official inside the United Nations system. Until January 2006, he was technical advisor of countries, then sub-regional technical advisor for UNFPA, Division Africa/Ethiopia. In this capacity, he was responsible for providing technical assistance and for ensuring capacity building in key areas of population and health reproduction.

In January - December 2006, he worked in a different field of the UN, as Technical Advisor for the ProjectMillennium Development Goals(MDGs) of the United Nations. In January 2007, Conille returned to UNFPA as Chief Technical Advisor for the Africa region and Global Program Coordinator for the security of inputs into reproductive health.

From September 2008 until his special assignment in Haiti, Garry Conille worked as team leader of the MDG Unit (part of the Office of Development Policy,UNDP). Here, he organized jointly withUNDESAthe process of preparing the report of the Secretary General on the MDGs, presented at the2010 G8 Summitand then, with theInternational Monetary Fund,the preparation ofGleneagles scenariosin more than a dozen African countries.

In the wake ofHaiti's 2010 earthquake,he was requested by the Administrator of UNDP and the UN Secretary General to assume the duties of head office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Haiti. Conille worked with the Haitian government, the representation of the United Nations in Haiti and the main donors to develop and implement a strategic plan for the reconstruction of Haiti. He was also involved in coordinating the humanitarian response and in the establishment of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, the central structure of the reconstruction.

Conille has also served as United Nations Resident Coordinator for three countries, namelyNiger(2011–indeterminate),Burundi(2017–2020),andJamaica(2020–2022),in that order. In the latter, he helmed the Multi-Country Office in Jamaica, which also covers the Bahamas, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, and the Cayman Islands.

Prime minister

First term

By the end of August 2011, unofficial comments of Haitian politicians indicated that Garry Conille might be the next nomination for the post of Prime Minister.On 5 September, he received the official designation for this office from the PresidentMichel Martelly.This would be the third nomination afterJean-Max Bellerive's resignation on 15 May 2011, and the subsequent rejections by the Senate of the nomineesDaniel Rouzierand Bernard Gousse.

Conille's nomination faced questions as to whether he fulfilled the requirement regarding his recent residency, prescribed in theConstitution of Haiti,of having resided in the country for five consecutive years prior to ratification. The president countered, arguing that Conille was exempt from the residency requirement because he had been working for the United Nations, paying taxes to the United Nations for Haiti.

The review and ratification process of his nomination began on 8 September 2011,following which the Chamber of Deputies approved his appointment on 16 September in a unanimous vote. On 5 October, the Senate confirmed Garry Conille's appointment as the 16th Prime Minister of Haiti,making him the youngest Prime Minister under the previousConstitution of 1987.

Resignation

Conille resigned on 24 February 2012, following a loss of confidence in him from his ministers.He had clashed with ministers and Martelly over several issues,the most recent being a parliamentary investigation into whether senior government officials helddual nationality,a violation of the Constitution of Haiti.Martelly refused to comply with the investigation, stating the executive branch did not have to comply with the investigation. Some ministers cooperated with the investigation, but others refused. When Conille called a meeting with ministers to discuss the matter, none of them appeared. The incident served to demonstrate their lack of confidence in him, triggering his resignation.Conille remained prime minister until his successor was appointed, as per Article 165 of the constitution. He was succeeded byLaurent Lamothe,who was voted through by both parliamentary legislative chambers before being formally appointed in May 2012.

Second term

On 28 May 2024, Conille was elected as the interim prime minister by six out of seven members of theTransitional Presidential Council of Haitiwith voting rights, following a nomination procedure that received domestic criticism for its slow progress since the resignation ofAriel Henryon 24 April 2024 amidst the ongoingturmoil in Haiti.He was sworn in on 3 June 2024.Shortly afterwards, Conille was hospitalised on 8 June for undisclosed reasons, with sources from within the government stating to media that his condition was caused by anasthmaattack.He was released after a night of treatment.Conille's cabinet was sworn in on 12 June,with him being appointed as theMinister of Interior and Territorial Communities.

Conille's government appointed Rameau Normil, the former acting director-general of theHaitian National Policewho served under former presidentJovenel Moïsefor 15 months before being dismissed by him, back to his post in order to handle the worsening security situation, replacing Frantz Elbé on 21 June.The first contingent of theMultinational Security Support Mission in Haitiwas deployed to Haiti on 25 June under Conille's premiership.His first official trip after assuming the premiership was to the United States, in order to ask for additional assistance for Haiti.

Conille was attacked by gang members on 29 July at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince during his interview withCNN,however he managed to escape unharmed.

Publications

• Recommendations to support Haiti’s economic development(2006), with ProfessorJeffrey Sachsand AmbassadorGert Rosenthal(online)
• ICT for Education and Development - Challenges of meeting the MDG 5 in Africa(2006) (online)
• 2004-2007 report of the Commission for Social Affairs: African Union( 2007)
• Cancer of the Cervix at Maternity Isaïe Jeanty(May 1992)
• Sustainable financing of Health Care Reform in developing Countries( May 1999)
• Gender Poverty and health care reform(May 2001)
• Social Franchising of reproductive health service in developing countries

External links

• Official website
• CV of Garry Conille