Rosny Smarth
Biography of Rosny Smarth: October 19, 1940 – January 15, 2025
After studying economics at the University of Haiti and escaping the dictatorship of François Duvalier, Rosny Smarth earned a degree in agronomy from the Catholic University of Chile.
Settled in Chile, he began working in 1967 at the Agricultural Development Institute, where he collaborated closely with Jacques Chonchol. In 1973, he was part of the committee that worked on President Salvador Allende’s agrarian reform. During the Popular Unity government, he joined the Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria (MAPU).
In 1975, he taught agronomy at the Chapingo Autonomous University in Mexico, and starting in 1977, he worked as a United Nations official in that country. He later returned to Haiti after the fall of dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.
Between 1991 and 1994, he served as an advisor to Haiti’s Minister of Agriculture.
Rosny Smarth was a member of the political party Struggling People’s Organization (OPL) and was appointed Prime Minister of Haiti by President René Préval, a position he held from February 27, 1996, to June 9, 1997. He resigned due to the political deadlock the country was facing.
After several years away from political life, he returned to the public sector in 2017 to briefly serve as Haiti’s ambassador to Chile.
Tribute
Rosny Smarth, Legacies of a Haitian Migrant to Chilean Society
Panelists
- Maria Emilia Tijoux
- Andre Grimblatt
- Marcel Young Debeuf
- Jose Bengoa
- Moderator: Dr.Emmanuel Mompoint
Collection
Our collection currently consists of more than 100,000 paintings and artworks dating from ancient times to modern period.
Location
Museum of Memory and Human Rights.
Av. Matucana 501, Santiago.
March 15, 2025
5:00 PM
Youth 19 – 24
$8.00
Date and time
March 15, 2025
Tuesday – Saturday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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