Presidents of Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Francois Duvalier, Henri Christophe, Jean Pierre Boyer, Rene Preval, Lis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Francois Duvalier, Henri Christophe, Jean Pierre Boyer, Rene Preval, List of heads of state of Haiti, Faustin I of Haiti, Cincinnatus Leconte, Elie Lescot, Dumarsais Estime, Fabre Geffrard, Daniel Fignole, Alexandre Petion, Francois C. Antoine Simon, Louis Borno, Prosper Avril, Emile Jonassaint, Lysius Salomon, President of Haiti, Marc Bazin, Stenio Vincent, Charles Riviere-Herard, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Francois Denys Legitime, Jean-Baptiste Riche, Henri Namphy, Pierre Nord Alexis, Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, Pierre Theoma Boisrond-Canal, Michel Domingue, Leslie Manigat, Paul Magloire, Herard Abraham, Boniface Alexandre, Philippe Guerrier, Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis, Joseph Nerette, Jean-Louis Pierrot, Nissage Saget, Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave, Tancrede Auguste, Joseph Davilmar Theodore, Florvil Hyppolite, Sylvain Salnave, Tiresias Simon Sam, Louis Eugene Roy, Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau, Franck Sylvain, Joseph Lamothe, Oreste Zamor, Monpoint Jeune, Michel Oreste. Excerpt: Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies. He became a focal point for the pro-democracy movement first under Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and then under the military transition regime which followed. He won the Haitian general election, 1990-1991 with 67% of the vote and was briefly President of Haiti, until a September 1991 military coup. The coup regime collapsed in 1994 under US pressure and threat of force (Operation Uphold Democracy) after Aristide agreed to roll back several reforms. Aristide was then President again from 1994 to 1996...