Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé appointed 18 ministers to form a new transition team in early March 2026 through a process the government described as a consensus arrangement with Haiti’s major political actors. The cabinet, formed under what was called the National Pact recognizing Fils-Aimé as the sole executive authority, was tasked with restoring security, organizing long-delayed elections, and responding to Haiti’s humanitarian and economic emergencies.
The National Pact represented an attempt to consolidate authority under Fils-Aimé following the messy political dynamics of the Transitional Presidential Council period, with its rotating presidencies, internal divisions, and two prime ministers in less than a year. By positioning Fils-Aimé as a sole executive with cabinet accountability, the new arrangement sought to provide clearer lines of authority than the collective council model had permitted.
Civil society organizations responded with cautious engagement, noting that the consolidation of executive authority under a single prime minister — however it was framed — needed to be accompanied by genuine accountability mechanisms. They called on the new cabinet to demonstrate through concrete actions, not political declarations, that it was committed to the electoral and security benchmarks that Haiti’s transition required.
International partners acknowledged the cabinet formation while emphasizing that their continued support depended on visible progress on the core priorities: security improvement, humanitarian access, and electoral organization. The window of international patience and support for Haiti’s transitional arrangements was not unlimited, and the new cabinet needed to show results within a timeframe that increasingly narrow political and security dynamics were constraining.