Martine Moïse

On 7 July 2021, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, while Martine Moïse was shot and seriously wounded during the attack at their residence in Pétion-Ville. Moïse suffered gunshots wounds to her arms and thigh, with other severe injuries to her hand and abdomen. Moïse was initially treated at the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, while false, erroneous rumors of her death began to circulate. Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, told reporters that Moïse was "in stable, but critical condition" and arrangements were being made to evacuate her to Miami for treatment.

She became Haiti's first lady after her husband won the November 2016 presidential election on February 7, 2017. During her tenure, Martine Moïse served as president of the Fondasyon Klere Ayiti, a community development organization focused on civic education and women's issues. In October 2017, she became president of coordination for Global Fund in Haiti, which aims to alleviate HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other public health diseases in Haiti. Moïse also advocated new investments in the Haitian arts and crafts industry in an effort to boost local artisans.

She met her future husband, Jovenel Moïse, while both were students at Quisqueya University. The couple married in 1996. Later that same year, Moïse and her husband moved to Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest department, with the intention of working in rural development.

Martine Marie Étienne Moïse (née Joseph; born 5 June 1974) is the former First Lady of Haiti and the widow of President Jovenel Moïse. She served as the country's first lady from February 2017 until the assassination of her husband on 7 July 2021. Moïse was wounded in the same attack at their home in Pétion-Ville.

Moïse was born Martine Marie Étienne Joseph on 5 June 1974, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She completed her elementary and high school studies at Roger Anglade School in Port-au-Prince in 1993. She then received a degree in interpretation studies at Quisqueya University in 1997.