Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin | |
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Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries | |
In office 2 April 2014 – 23 March 2016 | |
President | Michel Martelly |
Prime Minister |
Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Guy Didier Hyppolite |
Ministry of Tourism | |
In office 20 October 2011 – 2 April 2014 | |
President | Michel Martelly |
Prime Minister |
Garry Conille Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
Personal details | |
Born | Caracas, Venezuela | 29 March 1982
Nationality | Haitian |
Spouse | Marcel Bernard Villedrouin [1] |
Children | 3 [1] |
Parent(s) |
Alix Balmir (Father) Gladys du Bousquet (Mother) |
Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra [1] |
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin (French pronunciation: [stefani balmiʁ vildʁwɛ̃]; born 29 March 1982) is a Haitian entrepreneur who formerly served as the minister of tourism of Haiti.
Villedrouin comes from a prominent Haitian family; the seventh child of Alix Balmir, a diplomat, and his wife, Gladys Dubousquet, a native of the city of Gonaïves, Haiti; both of her parents are mixed-race. [1] [2] She was born abroad in Caracas while her father was serving in diplomatic relations as the Ambassador of Haiti in Venezuela. [3] Two months later her father was designated to the Haitian Embassy in Colombia, wherein Villedrouin spent her early childhood. [1] After the fall of the Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime, in 1986, the whole family returned to Haiti and established restaurants and hotels. [1] [4] [5]
Villedrouin was four years old when her family returned to Haiti, where she completed her schooling in Port-au-Prince. [1] Then, she studied hospitality and tourism management at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, in Santiago, Dominican Republic; [1] she managed a hotel in Kenscoff, a mountainous hamlet located 10 kilometres to the southeast of Port-au-Prince. [4] [5] She is fluent in French and Haitian Creole, as well as in Spanish and English. [4]
Her first term as the Minister of Tourism of Haiti was from 20 October 2011 to 2 April 2014. [6] Rebranded as the Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, Madame Villedrouin was re-confirmed to a second term on 2 April 2014 and served until 23 March 2016. [7]
During her tenure, Haiti inaugurated its first Tourism Promotion Office. [8]
In 2003, she married Marcel Bernard Villedrouin and they have three children together. [1]
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin | |
---|---|
Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries | |
In office 2 April 2014 – 23 March 2016 | |
President | Michel Martelly |
Prime Minister |
Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Guy Didier Hyppolite |
Ministry of Tourism | |
In office 20 October 2011 – 2 April 2014 | |
President | Michel Martelly |
Prime Minister |
Garry Conille Laurent Lamothe Florence Duperval Guillaume Evans Paul |
Personal details | |
Born | Caracas, Venezuela | 29 March 1982
Nationality | Haitian |
Spouse | Marcel Bernard Villedrouin [1] |
Children | 3 [1] |
Parent(s) |
Alix Balmir (Father) Gladys du Bousquet (Mother) |
Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra [1] |
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin (French pronunciation: [stefani balmiʁ vildʁwɛ̃]; born 29 March 1982) is a Haitian entrepreneur who formerly served as the minister of tourism of Haiti.
Villedrouin comes from a prominent Haitian family; the seventh child of Alix Balmir, a diplomat, and his wife, Gladys Dubousquet, a native of the city of Gonaïves, Haiti; both of her parents are mixed-race. [1] [2] She was born abroad in Caracas while her father was serving in diplomatic relations as the Ambassador of Haiti in Venezuela. [3] Two months later her father was designated to the Haitian Embassy in Colombia, wherein Villedrouin spent her early childhood. [1] After the fall of the Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime, in 1986, the whole family returned to Haiti and established restaurants and hotels. [1] [4] [5]
Villedrouin was four years old when her family returned to Haiti, where she completed her schooling in Port-au-Prince. [1] Then, she studied hospitality and tourism management at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, in Santiago, Dominican Republic; [1] she managed a hotel in Kenscoff, a mountainous hamlet located 10 kilometres to the southeast of Port-au-Prince. [4] [5] She is fluent in French and Haitian Creole, as well as in Spanish and English. [4]
Her first term as the Minister of Tourism of Haiti was from 20 October 2011 to 2 April 2014. [6] Rebranded as the Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, Madame Villedrouin was re-confirmed to a second term on 2 April 2014 and served until 23 March 2016. [7]
During her tenure, Haiti inaugurated its first Tourism Promotion Office. [8]
In 2003, she married Marcel Bernard Villedrouin and they have three children together. [1]