After the resignation of Haiti's interim prime minister, a new government has taken power.

The new interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry and his cabinet were sworn in on Tuesday in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Claude Joseph, who previously held the office, resigned and remains foreign minister.

President Jovenel Moïse had named Henry the seventh prime minister of his term less than 36 hours before he was assassinated.

Since Henry was no longer sworn in before Moïse's murder, Joseph remained in office.

He is now stepping down for the good of the nation, Joseph told the Washington Post on Monday.

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On Saturday, representatives of the international community stood behind Henry after first recognizing Joseph as interim prime minister. According to a statement, the so-called core group strongly encouraged Henry to form a "consensual and inclusive" government. The core group includes the ambassadors of Germany, the USA and the EU in Haiti as well as a representative of the UN Secretary General. Several opposition politicians and activists criticized on Tuesday that civil society and the opposition were not sufficiently represented in the new government.

Since Haiti has not had a quorum since the beginning of 2020, the 71-year-old ex-interior minister and neurosurgeon Henry - like Joseph before him - could not be constitutionally confirmed in office.

Presidential and parliamentary elections are planned for September 26th in the poor Caribbean country.

The 53-year-old Moïse was ambushed and shot dead by a heavily armed commando in his residence on the night of July 7th.

According to police, Colombian mercenaries carried out the murder.

A Haitian doctor who lived in the United States and an ex-official of the Haitian Justice Department are said to be behind it.

Haiti's police rejected a Colombian media report that investigations were also being carried out against Joseph.