Boniface Alexandre is a politician in Haïti.  He served as acting president of Haïti from 2004 to 2006.  The 2004 Haitian coup d'état removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from the Americas on 29 February 2004.  Following this, Alexandre, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and therefore next in the presidential line of succession, assumed the office of president. 

Early life and education

Alexandre was raised by his uncle, former Haitian Prime Minister Martial Celestin.  He trained as a lawyer and worked for 25 years for Cabinet Lamarre, a Port-au-Prince law firm specializing in business contracts and divorce settlements.

Career

In the 1990s, Alexandre was appointed to Haiti's Supreme Court, and in 2002, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appointed him Chief Justice.  As Chief Justice, he had a reputation for fairness in a judicial system widely regarded as corrupt.  He has promised to fight incompetence and corruption in the courts of Haiti.

During Alexandre's acting presidency, Amnesty International reported "excessive use of force by police officers", extrajudicial executions, a lack of investigations into these, escalation of "unlawful killings and kidnappings by illegal armed groups", failure of officials to prevent and punish violence against women, dysfunctionality of the justice system, and forty or more people imprisoned without charge or trial. 

Alexandre left office on 14 May 2006, when René Préval, winner of the February 2006 presidential election, was sworn in as president.