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Leader of the Haitian Revolution (1 January 1791 – 6 May 1802) Lieutenant Governor of Saint-Domingue (1797 – 7 July 1801) Governor-General for Life of the entire island of Hispaniola (7 July 1801 – 6 May 1802) Post vacant (6 May 1802 – 1 January 1804) 1. Jean-Jacques Dessalines. (1758–1806) 1 January 1804. 22 September 1804.
1831. 22 September. The city of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince named for Alexandre Pétion, is founded by Boyer. 1838. Haiti's remaining debt to France, 120 million francs, is reduced to 60 million francs. 1842. 7 May. An earthquake strikes northern Haiti, destroying the city of Cap-Haïtien.
t. e. François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. [3] He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform.
The president of Haiti (Haitian Creole: Prezidan peyi Ayiti, French: Président d'Haïti), officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti (French: Président de la République d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti, pronounced [pɣezidã ɣepiblik ajiti]), is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided ...
Jean-Claude Duvalier. 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 politician who was the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He succeeded his father François ...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁtʁɑ̃ aʁistid]; born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti 's first democratically elected president. [1][2] As a priest, he taught liberation theology [3][4] and, as a president, he attempted to normalize Afro-Creole culture, including ...
Former President Donald Trump has continued to peddle unsubstantiated claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, despite the city saying they have no credible reports. NewsGuard tracked ...
v. t. e. The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York convinced the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, to take control of Haiti's political and financial interests. The July 1915 invasion took place following years of ...