Jean-Rénald Clérismé, former minister of foreign affairs, passed away 13 years ago
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Thirteen years ago, on October 29, 2013, Jean-Rénald Clérismé died in Port-au-Prince. Former Catholic priest turned diplomat and politician, he led Haitian diplomacy.
From Priesthood to Research
Born in Haiti in 1937, Clérismé began his career as a Catholic priest. After earning a degree in France in 1967, he obtained a master's degree in anthropology at New York University in 1975, followed by a master's in philosophy at Yale in 1993. As a Fulbright scholar, he defended a doctoral thesis at Yale in 1996 on Haitian workers from El Fondo coffee plantations. He published other works on Haitian society.
Ambassador to International Organizations
From 2001 to 2003, he served as Haiti's ambassador to Geneva for the WTO, ITC, UNCTAD, and ITU.
Head of Diplomacy
On June 9, 2006, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position he held until 2008.
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