René Sylvestre (14 September 1962 – 23 June 2021) was a Haitian jurist and lawyer.
[1] He had served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Haiti from February 2019 until his death.
Following his secondary studies in Saint-Marc, he attended university and earned a law degree.
In 1996, he was appointed judge, the start of a long career in the Haitian judiciary.
[6] Sylvestre died of COVID-19 at Mirebalais University Hospital on 23 June 2021, at the age of 58.