Eric Jean Baptiste

Eric Jean Baptiste (13 August 1970 – 28 October 2022) was a Haitian politician and entrepreneur. 

He was a candidate in the 2015 presidential election, representing the Mouvement Action Socialiste (MAS) party.

Biography

Eric Jean Baptiste was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was the youngest child in a family of seven children, four girls and three boys. Jean Baptiste was brought up in a Christian family. On 15 March 1990, Jean Baptiste created his first company, Père Eternel loto, when he was 19 years old. He was the leader of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats.

Baptiste was assassinated on the way to his home in the Laboule 12 area on 28 October 2022, when his car was shot up. Baptiste's bodyguard was also killed in the attack. Baptiste had survived a shooting attack in 2018, suffering a bullet wound. Housing official and former senator Yvon Buissereth and his nephew had been assassinated in the same area a couple of months earlier.