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  2. Michèle Bennett - Wikipedia

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    Duvalier responded with a 10% reduction in staple food prices, the closing of independent radio stations, a cabinet reshuffle, and a crackdown by police and army units, but these moves failed to dampen the momentum of the popular uprising. Jean‑Claude's wife and advisers urged him to put down the rebellion in order to remain in office.

  3. Simone Duvalier - Wikipedia

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    Simone Duvalier's influence reached its peak after the death of her husband on 21 April 1971, when her nineteen-year-old son Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) succeeded his father as Haiti's "President for Life". Simone Duvalier retained the title of First Lady, and relished the power it conferred.

  4. Jean-Claude Duvalier - Wikipedia

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    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 dictator who inherited the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986.

  5. Miami Haitian community advocate and educator Jean-Claude ...

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    Jean-Claude Exulien, a pioneer in Miami’s Haitian community, was fondly known as Mèt Zin — Creole for “The Newsman.” Exulien, who died on Jan. 4 in Miami at 85 from liver cancer ...

  6. First ladies and gentlemen of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Carmen Jean-François: Daniel Fignolé: May 25, 1957 – May 25, 1957 Marie Yvonne Charles Kébreau: Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau: June 14, 1957 – October 22, 1957 Simone Duvalier (1913–1997) François Duvalier: October 22, 1957 – April 21, 1971 Michèle Bennett (1950–present) Jean-Claude Duvalier: 1971–1986 Gisèle Célestin Namphy ...

  7. Bennett (name) - Wikipedia

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    Michèle Bennett (born 1950), wife of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier; Michele Bennett (film producer), Australian film producer; Mike Bennett (wrestler) (born 1985), American professional wrestler; Milton Bennett, American sociologist; Naftali Bennett (born 1972), Israeli politician; 13th Prime Minister of Israel

  8. Duvalier - Wikipedia

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    Duvalier is a French surname, and may refer to: François Duvalier (1907–1971), nicknamed "Papa Doc", President of Haiti 1957–71 Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951–2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc", son of François Duvalier and President of Haiti 1971–86

  9. List of Haitians - Wikipedia

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    Michèle Bennett – former First Lady, wife of President for Life Jean-Claude Duvalier, later exiled with him [40] Boisrond-Tonnerre – the author of the Independence Act of Haiti; Emeric Bergeaud – novelist; Guy Joseph Bonnet – historian, army general, signer of the Haitian Act of Independence; Jean-Fernand Brierre – poet; Carl Brouard ...