Fritz Jean

He was elected by the Montana Consensus as the head of the provisional president of Haiti on January 30, 2022.

Fritz Jean studied at Fordham University and The New School. The recorded working language is Haitian Creole, French and English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Port-au-Prince. Employment is recorded with University Notre Dame of Haiti and Bank of the Republic of Haiti. Positions recorded include Prime Minister of Haiti.

• Name — Fritz Jean • Office — 3rd Chairman of the Transitional Presidential Council • Term Start — 7 March 2025 • Term End — 7 August 2025 • Predecessor — Leslie Voltaire • Successor — Laurent Saint-Cyr • Office1 — 18th Prime Minister of Haiti • President1 — Jocelerme Privert (acting) • Term Start1 — 26 February 2016 • Term End1 — 28 March 2016 • Predecessor1 — Evans Paul • Successor1 — Enex Jean-Charles • Office2 — Member of the Transitional Presidential Council • Prime Minister2 — Michel Patrick Boisvert (acting) Garry Conille (acting) Alix Didier Fils-Aime (acting) • Term Start2 — 25 April 2024 • Term End2 — 7 February 2026 • Party — Inite • Birth Name — Fritz Alphonse Jean • Birthplace — Cap-Haïtien, Haiti • Education — Fordham University New School

Fritz Jean was born in Cap-Haïtien. He originates from the nearby commune of Sainte-Suzanne, Nord-Est, where he spent many childhood summers and with which he maintains strong ties. Fritz Jean studied economics and mathematics in the United States, in New York at Fordham University and the New School for Social Research before returning to pursue his professional career in Haiti.

Jean spent several years (1987–91) at the Université d'Etat d'Haïti (UEH) in Port-au-Prince as a professor and consultant before moving on to general economic consulting work in the Haitian public and private sectors. In 1996 he was named vice-governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti, a post he held for two years. In February 1998, under the René Préval government, he was named governor of Bank of the Republic of Haiti, Haiti's central bank where he remained in office until August 2001. Later on, between 2005 and 2009 he was dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Political science at the Université Notre Dame d'Haïti. Passionate about the future of the Haitian youth, Jean also served as president of YMCA-Haiti from 2007 until 2010. Jean speaks Haitian Creole, French and English fluently. Jean is also a founding member of the Haitian Stock Exchange. On February 25, 2016, he was nominated as the interim prime minister of Haiti. On March 20, 2016, the lower house of the chamber of deputies of Haiti's parliament rejected the general policy of Jean. He did not receive the confidence vote by the majority of deputies. The next day, Enex Jean-Charles was chosen to replace Jean as the new prime minister of Haiti. The Transitional Presidential Council, formed in 2024 after the resignation of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the escalation of the gang war in Haiti, chose Jean as its head on March 7, 2025. The goal of the council is to organize elections to take place before February 2026.

In November 2025, the United States placed visa restrictions on Jean, accusing him of supporting gangs and worsening the Haitian security situation. Jean alleged that the sanctions were actually because he, along with other members of the Transitional Presidential Council, were moving to replace acting Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, saying, "Once we started reviewing the possibilities of changing the head of government, members of (the council) started receiving threats of visa cancellation and other sanctions from the U.S. Embassy representative and the Canadian ambassador." Joined at a press briefing by Leslie Voltaire, Jean shared messages allegedly sent to him by the Canadian ambassador, André François Giroux, and the American chargé d’affaires, Henry T. Wooster, warning him not to push for Fils-Aimé's removal.