List of legislatures of the Haitian Parliament

The following is a list of the terms of the Parliament of Haiti since the formation of the first bicameral parliament in 1817. In Haitian historiography, the first unicameral Senate, which served from 1806 to 1817, is considered separate from the first Legislature

Legislature	Elections	Term	Presidents of the Lower House	Head(s) of state	Notes	References
1st Senate		1806 - 1817		Pétion	unicameral 24-member legislature nominated by adult male voters but ultimately elected by other senators. only governed southern Haiti.
1st Legislature		April 22, 1817 – March 31, 1822	Pierre André, N.-D. Lafargue	Pétion Boyer	first bicameral legislature under the Revised Constitution of 1806. Governed southern Haiti from 1817-1820 when the northern Kingdom of Haiti was reintegrated.
2nd Legislature		April 1822-March 31, 1827		Boyer	governed the entire island.
3rd Legislature		April 1827-March 31, 1832		Boyer
4th Legislature		April 1832-March 31, 1837		Boyer
5th Legislature		April 1837-March 31, 1842		Boyer
6th Legislature		April 6, 1842-Sept. 1843		Boyer Rivière-Hérard
vacant		1843-1847		Rivière-Hérard Guerrier Pierrot Riché	Haitian occupation of eastern side of the island ends in 1844.
7th Legislature		March 11, 1847 – March 31, 1852		Soulouque
8th Legislature		April 7, 1852 – March 31, 1857		Soulouque
9th Legislature		April 14, 1857 – March 31, 1862		Geffrard Soulouque
10th Legislature		April 14, 1862 – July 3, 1863		Geffrard	dissolved by order of Fabre Geffrard over budgetary disputes (June 8, 1863).
11th Legislature		September 3, 1863 – March 17, 1867		Saget Salnave	formed after a snap election (September 7, 1863)
12th Legislature		October 3, 1867 – February 4, 1869		Salnave	driven out of chambers by supporters of Sylvain Salnave (October 14, 1867). Continued to meet until the civil war became too intense to continue.
vacant		1869 - 1870		Saget
13th Legislature		May 21, 1870 – March 31, 1873		Saget
14th Legislature		July 30, 1873 - May 14, 1874		Saget Council of Secretaries of State
15th Legislature		Oct. 7, 1875 -April 14, 1879		Domingue Boisrond-Canal
16th Legislature		May 15, 1879-Jan. 1882		Public Order Committee Lamothe Hyppolite Salomon
17th Legislature	1882	Jan. 1882-March 14, 1887		Salomon
18th Legislature		April 5, 1887-Oct. 25, 1888		Salomon Boisrond-Canal Légitime
vacant		1888-1890		Légitime Jeune Hyppolite
19th Legislature		May 26, 1890 – April 15, 1893		Hyppolite
20th Legislature		August 11, 1893 – March 31, 1896		Hyppolite
vacant		1896 - 1899		T. S. Sam
21st Legislature		April 9, 1896-4 April 1899		T. S. Sam
22nd Legislature		May 31, 1899 – April 10, 1902		T. S. Sam
23rd Legislature		April 14, 1902 – May 12, 1902		T. S. Sam Boisrond-Canal
24th Legislature		Dec. 21, 1902- April 2, 1905		Alexis
25th Legislature		May 4, 1905 – April 7, 1908		Alexis
26th Legislature		April 21, 1908 – April 9, 1911		Alexis Commission for Public Order Simon
27th Legislature		May 10, 1911-Jan. 25, 1914		Leconte Auguste Oreste
28th Legislature		April 23, 1914 – April 1, 1917		Polynice Zamor Polynice Théodore Guillaume Sam Revolutionary Committee Dartiguenave	assassination of Vilbrun Guillaume Sam; beginning of the United States occupation of Haiti (1915)
29th Legislature		April 19, 1917 – June 19, 1917		Dartiguenave	dissolved by Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave when he refused to accept the results of Senate elections in January 1917
vacant		1917-1930		Dartiguenave Borno Roy	presidents elected by a Council of State
30th legislature	1930	Nov. 17, 1930-April 3, 1932		Vincent		^[1]^[2]
31st Legislature	1932	April 13, 1932 – 1935		Vincent
32nd Legislature	1935	January 20, 1935 – January 14, 1941		Vincent
33rd Legislature	1941	January 30, 1941 – January 12, 1945		Lescot
National Constituent Assembly		1946		Lavaud
34th Legislature	1946	April 2, 1946 – April 2, 1950		Estimé Lavaud
Constituent Assembly		1950		Lavaud
35th Legislature		April 2, 1950 – May 10, 1950		Lavaud
36th Legislature	1950, 1955	December 6, 1950 – April 10, 1955		Magloire
vacant		1955 - 1956		Pierre-Louis
37th Legislature		Jan. 22, 1957-March 29, 1957		Sylvain^‡ Cantave Executive Government Council Cantave Cantave Fignolé Kébreau
38th Legislature	1957	Oct. 11, 1957- April 10, 1961		F. Duvalier	Mostly consists of supporters of François Duvalier. Passes the 1957 constitution, which abolishes the Senate
39th Legislature	1961, 1964	May 12, 1961 – April 10, 1967		F. Duvalier	First unicameral legislature under the rule of François Duvalier and the 1961 constitution
40th Legislature	1967	April 10, 1967 – April 8, 1973		F. Duvalier, J-C Duvalier
41st Legislature	1973	April 9, 1973 – April 8, 1979		J-C Duvalier
42nd Legislature	1979	April 9, 1979 – August 27, 1983		J-C Duvalier
43rd Legislature	1984	1984- Feb 7, 1986		J-C Duvalier	unicameral legislature suspended by the National Council of Government.
Constitutional Assembly	1986	1986-1988		Namphy	governed by the National Council of Government
44th Legislature	1987–1988	Feb 7, 1988- Jun 20, 1988		Manigat	Bicameral legislature restored under 1987 constitution; legislature suspended by 1988 coup
vacant		1988 - 1991		Namphy Avril Abraham Pascal-Trouillot
45th Legislature	1990–91, 1993	Feb 4, 1991-Feb 4, 1995		Aristide Cédras Nérette Bazin Jonassaint Aristide
46th Legislature	1995, 1997	Oct 9, 1995- Jan 11, 1999		Préval
47th Legislature	2000	Aug 2000- Jan 12, 2004		Aristide	legislature dissolved by 2004 Haitian coup d'état
vacant		2004 - 2006		Alexandre
48th Legislature	2006, 2009 (Senate)	May 8, 2006- May 10, 2010		Préval
49th Legislature	2010-2011	April 25, 2011- 13 January 2015		Martelly		^[3]
50th Legislature	2015–16 (general), 2016–17 (Senate)	Jan 11, 2016-January 2020	Chancy Bodeau	Privert Moïse	most recent legislature to meet	^[4]
vacant	TBD	2020–present		Joseph^* Henry^* Transitional Presidential Council	elections indefinitely postponed due to ongoing political crisis

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