Mr. Ralph Latortue has recently served as the Ambassador of Haiti to Japan from November 2012 to May 2013, and served as Interim Minister Counselor, Charge d’Affaires, at the Embassy of Haiti in Washington DC from March 2012 to September 2012. Prior, he served as the Consul General of Haiti for the Southern US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands from 2005 to 2012 during which time he opened and inaugurated the Consulate of Haiti in Orlando and in collaboration with the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement Forensic Laboratory, he created a new Consular Identification Card for undocumented Haitian TPS applicants as proof of nationality. While Consul General, he also served as the Chairman for the CARICOM Consular Corps of Florida from 2009 to 2012.

Mr. Latortue has over 40 years of diversified experience in the fields of project and program management, business management, architecture, finance and accounting and professor at the State University of Haiti. He is a professional architect and worked with private and governmental institutions including Baptist Health System in Miami, Florida, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the Institute of Preservation of the National Heritage (ISPAN), and the Service Métropolitain de Collecte des Résidus Solides (SMCRS) – Metropolitan Service of Solid Waste Collection. He has worked for the Ministry of Public Work, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Mr. Latortue holds a degree in Architecture from the Ecole Nationale Supérieures des Beaux Arts in Paris, France and also holds a degree in Architectural Engineering from the State University of Haiti. He is a native of Haiti and is fluent in English, French and Haitian Creole. Mr. Latortue currently lives between Miami, Florida and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.