Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (French pronunciation: [ɛʁta paskal tʁujo]; born 13 August 1943)[1] is a Haitian politician who served as the provisional President of Haiti for 11 months in 1990 and 1991.

[8] It was to her credit that she could bring about violence-free elections which brought Jean Bertrand Aristide to the post of president with a 67% win.

[9] Mrs. Pascal-Trouillot primary task as Provisional President was to steer Haiti toward early elections in coordination with a 19-member Council of State that had been given veto power over her.

She was in charge of managing the council and trying to avoid outright combat and she was also expected to act and complete the task of her role and serve the people.

She also drew up communication announcing the reopening of schools, which had closed more than a week earlier because of protests against Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril, Haiti's military ruler.

[citation needed] Trouillot steered Haiti through its first major test from a dictatorship to a new democracy with free democratic elections.

She worked with Karl Auguste on a commission to revise Haiti's civil and penal codes after the collapse of the previous dictator, Duvalier.

[1] According to the article “L’union Suite,” "More than twenty years after Pascal-Trouillot brave leadership, Haiti's nascent and fragile democracy still stands.

"[citation needed] Mrs Pascal-Trouillot's brother Alix was paralyzed from the waist down by a bullet from one of the Duvalier soldiers.