FRANCOIS DUVALIER

October 1957 -- April 1971
14 years
died in office

Francois Duvalier

Photo from Life Magazine, June 3, 1957. Caption: RURAL FAVORITE for the presidency was Physician Franciois Duvalier whose followers set up "committees of public safety" in St. Marc and Cap Haitien

Francios Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier

Taken a short time before Francois' death and Jean-Claude's becoming president
from WRITTEN IN BLOOD, by Robert Debs and Nancy Heinl, p. 499

SOME MATERIAL ON FRANCOIS DUVALIER

• The Lord's Prayer According to Duvalier
• Some Notes on Papa Doc (from Bob Corbett.)
• List and Sources of Invasion Attempts
• Invasion attempt by 5 Americans and 3 Haitian-Americans in 1958 -- from Life Magazine
• Papa Doc and the Tonton Macoute by Diederich
• Attempts to Overthrow Francois Duvalier
• Notes on James Ferguson's book, Papa Doc, Baby Doc

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