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Jean-Claude Duvalier (French: [ʒɑ̃klod dyvalje]; 3 July 1951 – 4 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (French: Bébé Doc, Haitian Creole: Bebe Dòk), was a Haitian dictator who inherited the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986.
Duvalier responded with a 10% reduction in staple food prices, the closing of independent radio stations, a cabinet reshuffle, and a crackdown by police and army units, but these moves failed to dampen the momentum of the popular uprising. Jean‑Claude's wife and advisers urged him to put down the rebellion in order to remain in office.
Ligondé was a close ally of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and the uncle of his wife Michèle Bennett. [2] He presided over their "opulent cathedral wedding" in 1980 which was broadcast live to the nation.
Haiti's president, Jean-Claude Duvalier married Michèle Bennett Pasquet in a wedding that cost the nation three million U.S. dollars. [139] The extravagance of the couple's wedding did not lack local critics, though The Christian Science Monitor reported that the event was "enthusiastically received by a majority of Haitians." [140]
The wedding's extravagant cost, which was rumored to be in excess of US$3,000,000, further alienated the black masses. A schism formed in the government between older, more conservative Duvalierists and appointees of Jean-Claude. This eventually resulted in the expulsion of Duvalier's mother, Simone, reportedly at Michèle's request.
Jean-Claude Exulien, a pioneer in Miami’s Haitian community, was fondly known as Mèt Zin — Creole for “The Newsman.” ... Miami beckoned when, on May 8, 1977, he escaped the Duvalier ...
After the Duvalier era, 'Sonson' Pasquet came to be seen in Haiti as both a foolish and gallant figure. In 1973 his son, also named Alix Pasquet, married and had two children with Michèle Bennett , who later married and had two children with François Duvalier's son, Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier , making 'Sonson' and 'Papa Doc's ...
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