It was not immediately clear when the transitional council would select its own interim prime minister.
Henry’s finance minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, will be interim prime minister until the transition council appoints a new head of government, a cabinet and a provisional electoral council set to pave the way for an eventual vote.
Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, has formally resigned and a new provisional government has been sworn in during a secret ceremony at the presidential palace, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the capital into chaos.
Haiti's presidential transitional council (CPT), charged with restoring order in the country, was also formally installed Thursday.
