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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.
François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. [3]
Killed by a car bomb planted by unidentified militant Thomas Sankara: President of Burkina Faso: October 15, 1987: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso: Soldiers under the command of Gilbert Diendéré: René Moawad: President of Lebanon: November 22, 1989: Beirut Lebanon: Killed by a car bomb Ahmed Abdallah: President of the Comoros: November 26, 1989 ...
President of Haiti Haiti: 1908–1910† British Jamaica United States: Cipriano Castro: President of Venezuela Venezuela: 1909–1924† United States: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar: Shah of Iran Iran: 1909–1925† Russian Empire (1909–1920) Ottoman Empire (1920–1921) Italy (1921–1925) José Santos Zelaya: President of Nicaragua Nicaragua ...
October 4 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, leader of Haiti from his father's death in 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986, dies of a heart attack. [2]
Exulien, who died on Jan. 4 in Miami at 85 from liver cancer, according to Sant La’s Leonie Hermantin, “was dedicated to teaching Haitian history and culture,” said Miami historian Dorothy ...
The Duvalier dynasty (French: Dynastie des Duvalier, Haitian Creole: Dinasti Duvalier) was an autocratic hereditary dictatorship in Haiti that lasted almost 29 years, from 1957 until 1986, spanning the rule of the father-and-son duo Dr. François Duvalier (Papa Doc) and Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc).
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.