About this picture: Claudette Werleigh (born 1946) was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to February 7, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.
She had previously been Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Religion in 1993 and 1995. Before that, Claudette Werleigh was the executive director of the Haïtian embassy in Washington, D.C. Until September 2007, Claudette Werleigh worked at the Life & Peace Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, which undertakes research into conflict resolution and reconciliation.
Werleigh was Secretary General of Pax Christi International.
Claudette was born in 1946, in Cap-Haitian with a well family.
She trained and studied medicine in the United States and Switzerland before returning to Haiti to get her degree in law and economics at the state university in Port-au-Prince.
Claudette Werleigh then moved on to work in a number of non governmental organizations in the fields of adult literacy and humanitarian relief.
In 1976 to 1987 Werleigh was secretary general of Caritas Haiti, which is an organization founded in 1975 by Haitian bishops conference.
Claudette Werleigh helped found the women’s league for women’s empowerment, which was an organization promoting women to participate in politics.
Growing up Claudette never had to worry about money, but watching the other peasants work to sell coffee made her want to help her people.
Her life’s work has been bridging the gulf separating different worlds, the poor and the affluent, women and power structures.
Years of teaching and lobbying experience have made Claudette Werleigh a confident public speaker, and building on her excellent ways of communication.
She is also bilingual in French, and Creole.
Creole is her fluent language and is also fluent in English and Spanish and has a good understanding of Portuguese.
Claudette Werleigh is inspired by Christian values and spirituality, and has a good understanding of people with other beliefs.
Claudette is accustomed to working with an international staff with diverse backgrounds.
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