Parliament (National Assembly) is bicameral and is located in Port-au-Prince.
The Chamber of Deputies (lower) has 83 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. The Senate (upper) has 27 members, who are elected to six-year terms by popular vote.
Presidents
1818-1843 Jean Pierre Boyer
1843-1844 Charles Ainé Rivière Hérard
1844-1845 Philippe Guerrier
1845-1846 Jean Louis Pierrot
1846-1847 Jean-Baptiste Riché
1847-1858 Faustin Soulouque (Emperor 1849-1858)
1859-1867 Fabre Nicolas Geffard
1867-1870 Sylvain Salnave
1870-1874 Nissage Saget
1874-1876 Michel Dominique
1876-1879 Boisrond Canal
1879-1888 Louis Étienne Félicité Lysius Saloman
1888-1889 François Denys Légitime
1889-1896 Florville Hyppolite
1896-1902 Tirésias Simon-Sam
1902-1902 Boisrond Canal
1902-1908 Alexic Nord
1908-1911 Antoine Simon
1911-1912 Michel Cincinnatus Leconte
1912-1913 Tancrède Auguste
1913-1914 Michael Oreste
1914-1914 Oreste Zamor
1914-1915 Joseph Davilmare Théodore
1915-1915 Jean Vebrun-Guillaume
1915-1922 Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave
1922-1930 Joseph Louis Bornó
1930-1930 Étienne Roy
1930-1941 Sténio Joseph Vincent
1941-1946 Élie Lescot
1946-1946 Frank Lavaud (Military Junta)
1946-1950 Dumarsais Estimé
1950-1950 Frank Lavaud (Military Junta
1950-1956 Paul Magloire
1956-1957 François sylvain
1957-1957 (Military Junta)
1957-1957 Léon Cantave
1957-1957 Daniel Fignolé
1957-1957 Antoine Kebreau
1957-1971 François Duvalier
1971-1986 Jean-Claude Duvalier
1986-1988 Henri Namphy
1988-1988 Leslie Manigat
1988-1988 Henri Namphy
1988-1990 Prosper Avril
1990-1990 Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (Interim)
1990-1991 Jean Bertrand Aristide
1992-1994 Marc Bazin
1994-1996 Jean Bertrand Aristide
1996-2001 René Garcia Préval
2001-2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide
2004-2006 Boniface Alexandre (provisional)
2006-2011 René Preval
2011 now Michel Martelly
Prime Ministers
1988-1988 Martial Célestin
1991-1991 René Garcia Préval
1991-1992 Jean-Jacques Honorat (interim)
1992-1993 Marc Bazin
1993-1994 Robert Malval
1994-1995 Smarck Michel
1995-1996 Claudette Werleigh
1996-1997 Rony Smarth
1999-2001 Jacques-Édouard Alexis
2001-2002 Jean-Marie Chérestal
2002-2004 Yvon Neptune
2004-2006 Gérard Latortue
2006-2008 Jacques-Édouard Alexis
2008-2009 Michèle Pierre-Louis
2009-2011 Jean-Max Bellerive
2011 now Garry Conille