A longtime politician, he first served as the economics and finance minister under Jean-Bertrand Aristide during 2001 and 2002.[2] Aristide reappointed him Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities in 2002 and he served until the 2004 Haitian coup d'état that removed Aristide from the presidency.
Accusation of massacre and incarceration
Privert was accused of involvement in the La Scierie massacre in Saint-Marc and arrested on 4 April 2004. According to Haitian organizations defending human rights, dozens of people were killed in February 2004 in the town of Saint-Marc, an opposition stronghold at that time. Jocelerme Privert was released after 26 months in prison.[3]
Later political career
After his release from prison, he served as an advisor to then-president René Préval. He subsequently ran for a senate seat in a 2008 by-election in Nippes department, but was not elected. He was later elected Senator for Nippesdepartment in the 2010 general elections, serving from 26 April 2011 to 14 January 2016 and was elected by the Senate to serve as its president.[4] He was also the President of the Senate Committee on Economy and Finance.[5]
Privert met his wife, Ginette Michaud, a physician and radiologist, in 1986.[10] The couple married in 1988 and had three daughters: Deborah, Sarah, and Vicky.[10][11]
Privert is an accountant. He served in the General Tax Directorate (a governmental agency) from 1979 until the directorate was removed in 1999.
^Maxime, Samuel (14 June 2016). "President falls de facto". Haiti Sentinel. Sentinel Publishing. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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