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Haitian Leader:
(Titles include Governor,
Emperor, King, President,
Prime Minister)
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Year(s) in Office:
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Notes about term of Office:
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Jean Jacques Dessalines, Governor
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1804
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--
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Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor
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1804-1806
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assassinated =
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Henri Christophe, President
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1807 - 1811
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--
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Henri Christophe, King
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1811-1820
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suicide
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Alexander Petion
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1807 - 1818
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died in office
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Jean Pierre Boyer
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1818 - 1843
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overthrown
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Riviere Riviere-= Herard
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1843 - 1844
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overthrown
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Philippe Guerrier
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1844 - 1845
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died in office
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Jean Louis Pierrot
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1845 - 1846
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overthrown
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Jean Baptiste Riche
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1847 - 1847
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died in office
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Faustin Soulouque, President
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1847 - 1849
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--
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Faustin Soulouqu e, Emperor
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1849-1859
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overthrown
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Fabre Nicholas Geffrard
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1859 - 1867
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overthrown
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Sylvain Salnave
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1867 - 1869
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executed
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Nissage Saget
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1870 - 1874
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full term
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Michel Domingue
=
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1874 - 1876
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overthrown
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Boisrond Canal
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1876 - 1879
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overthrown
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Lysius Felicite Salomon
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1879 - 1888
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overthrown
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Francois Legitime
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1888 - 1889
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overthrown
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Florvil Hyppolite
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1889 - 1896
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died in office
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Tiresias Simon Sam
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1896 - 1902
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full term
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Nord Alexis
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1902 - 1908
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overthrown
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Antoine Simon
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1908 - 1911
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overthrown
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Cincinnatus Leconte
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1911 - 1912
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died in office
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Tancrede Auguste
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1912 - 1913
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died in office
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Michel Oreste
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1913 - 1914
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overthrown
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Oreste Zamor
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1914
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overthrown
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Davilmar Theodore
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1914 - 1915
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overthrown
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Vilbrun Sam
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1915
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assassinated
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Sudre Dartigue= vave
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1915 - 1922
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full term (1st US Occupation)
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Louis Borno
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1922 - 1930
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full term (1st US Occupation
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Eugene Roy*
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1930
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(1st US occupation)
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Sternio Vincent
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1930 - 1941
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full term (occupation until 1934)
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Élie Lescot
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1941 - 1946
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overthrown
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Franck Lavaud
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1946
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--
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Dumarsais Estim&ea= cute;
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1946 - 1950
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overthrown
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Paul Eugène Magloire
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1950 - 1956
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overthrown
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Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis*
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1956 - 1957
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--
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Franck Sylvain*
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1957
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--
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Executive Government Council
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1957
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--
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Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau
(Chairman of the Military Council)
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1957
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--
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François Duvalier
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1957 - 1971
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died in office
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Jean-Claude Duvalier
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1971 - 1986
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overthrown
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Henri Namphy
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1986 - 1987
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full term
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Lesli Manigat
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1988
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overthrown
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Henri Namphy*
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1988 - 1989
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overthrown
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Prosper Avril*
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1989 - 1990
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overthrown
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Etha Pascal-T= rouillot*
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1990 - 1991
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full term
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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1991
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overthrown
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Joseph Nerette*
=
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1991 - 1992
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--
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Marc Bazin (acting prime minister)
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1992 - 1993
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--
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Émile Jonassai= nt*
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1994
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--
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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1994 - 1996
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finished remainder of term
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Rene Preval
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1996 - 2001
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full term
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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2001 - 2004
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overthrown
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Boniface Alexandre*
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2004 - 2006
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René Préval
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2006 - 2011
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The Inauguration of Michel Martelly on May 14, 2011, was the first time in Haitian history that an incumbent president (Preval) peacefully transferred power to a member of the opposition party.
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Michel Martelly
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2011-2016
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Amid social and political turmoil, Martelly resigned the presidency on February 10, 2016, leaving Haiti without a president for a week. A Council of Ministers led Haiti until a new president was inaugurated.
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Council of Ministers
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Feb. 7 to Feb. 14, 2016
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This Council of Ministers would be the equivalent of the American Presidential Cabinet running the country for a week.
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Jocelerme Privert*
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2016-2017
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Interim President for one year.
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Jovenel Moïse
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2017-2021
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Elected President in 2017. Also considered to have won in 2016, but the results were not recognized, leading to the crisis of 2016. Assassinted in July, 2021 by mercenaries from Columbia. His death threw Haiti into turmoil, as two men claimed to be Prime Minister, and armed gangs control large areas of the the capitol.
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[*Provisional Leader]
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