HEADS OF STATES OF HAITI: PRESIDENTS, KING AND EMPERORS

This Data is Mainly Taken from Lyonel Paquin's Book,
CLASS AND COLOR POLITICS IN HAITI

Some of the presidents names are hyperlinks to other material on that person often including photos

Prepared by Bob Corbett


Dates Years Skin In Office Death
Dessalines, Jean Jacques 1804-06 Black 2 assassinated
Christophe, Henri 1807-20 Black 13 suicide
Petion, Alexander 1807-18 Light 11 died in office
Boyer, Jean Pierre 1818-43 Light 25 overthrown
Riviere-Herard, Riviere 1843-44 Light 1 Overthrown
Guerrier, Philippe 1844-45 Black 1 died in office
Pierrot, Jean Louis 1845-46 Black 1 overthrown
Riche, Jean Baptiste 1847-47 Black 1 died in office
Soulouque, Faustin 1847-59Black 12 overthrown
Geffrard, Fabre Nicholas 1959-67 Dark 8 overthrown
Salnave, Sylvain 1867-69 Dark 2 executed
Nissage-Saget 1870-74 Light 4 full term
Domingue, Michel 1874-76 Dark 2 overthrown
Boisrond Canal 1876-79 Light 3 overthrown
Salomon, Lysius Felicite 1879-88 Black 9 overthrown
Legitime, Francois 1888-89 Black 2 overthrown
Hyppolite, Florvil 1889-96 Black 7 died in office
Simon Sam, Tiresias 1896-02 Black 6 full term
Nord Alexis 1902-08 Black 6 overthrown
Simon, Antoine 1908-11 Black 3 overthrown
Leconte, Cincinnatus 1911-12 Dark 1 died in office
Auguste, Tancrede 1912-13 Light 1 died in office
Oreste, Michel 1913-14 Dark 9 months overthrown
Zamor, Oreste 1914 Dark 1 overthrown
Theodore, Davilmar 1914-15 Black 1 overthrown
Sam, Vilbrun 1915 Black 5 months assassinated
Dartiguenave, Sudre 1915-22 Light 7 full term (During 1st US Occupation)
Borno, Louis 1922-30 Light 8 full term (During 1st US Occupation)
Roy, Eugene 1930 Dark 1 full term (During 1st US Occupation)
Vincent, Stenio 1930-41 Light 11 full term (During 1st US Occupation until 1934)
Lescot, Elie 1941-46 Dark 5 overthrown
Estime, Dumarsais 1946-50 Black 4 overthrown
Magloire, Paul 1950-56 Black 6 overthrown (1957--5 transitory gov.)
Fignole, Daniel 1957 Black 1 month overthrown (1957--5 transitory gov.)
Duvalier, Francois 1957-71 Black 14 died in office
Duvalier, Jean-Claude 1971-86 Dark 15 overthrown
Namphy, Henri 1986-87 Black 1 full term
Manigat, Lesli 1988 Light 1 overthrown
Namphy, Henri 1988-89 Black 1 overthrown
Avril, Prosper 1989-90 Black 1 overthrown
Pascal-Trouillot, Etha 1990-91 Light 1 full term
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand 1991 Black 1 overthrown; in exile 3 of 5 year term.
Preval, Rene 1996 Black 1 still serving as of this writing (March 20, 1999)

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