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Minister of Economy and Finance, Wilson Laleau

Minister of Economy and Finance, Wilson Laleau

Here is a picture of the Minister of Economy and Finance in Haiti, Wilson Laleau.

In September 2015, Mr. Laleau announced a list of 23 specified items which could no longer been imported by road, but only by sea or air (excluding cement). This measure was implemented to enable the Ministry to regain the hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue lost to smuggling and to encourage the revival of domestic production to meet the needs of the Haitian population. Wilson Laleau is an economist trained in North America and a professor at the State University of Haiti (UEH) of which he was for several years, the vice-rector for academic affairs. On January 20, 2015, when he was installed as the minister of Economy and Finance by then Prime Minister Evans Paul, he announced the importance to declare a state of economic emergency in the country, and do everything possible to revive the hope for a healthy economy. Prime Minister Evans Paul, before an audience of economic officials, described Minister Laleau as an asset of the government, because his passionate governance has the power to resolve all economic problems of the country.

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