Events in the year 2023 in Haiti.
Incumbents
President: Ariel Henry (acting) Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (acting)
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti; 2018–2023 Haitian crisis
26 January – Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks in Port-au-Prince, by the Gan Grif gang. 1 February – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that his government is willing to send troops to Haiti as part of a "multinational security assistance deployment". 16 February – Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country. 21 March – The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country. 23 March – Assassination of Jovenel Moïse: A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to three murder-related charges in a court in the United States over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse. 28 July – The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country. 2 October – The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution establishing a Kenyan-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti. 9 October – A court in Kenya blocks the government from deploying police personnel to Haiti. 27 October – A retired Colombian army officer who participated in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is sentenced to life in a court in Miami. Scheduled
2023 Haitian constitutional referendum
Holidays
January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence. January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence. February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras. October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader. November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.