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François Duvalier

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François Duvalier(French pronunciation:[fʁɑ̃swadyvalje];14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known asPapa Doc,was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as thepresident of Haitifrom 1957 until his death in 1971.[3]He was elected president in the1957 general electionon apopulistandblack nationalistplatform. After thwartinga military coup d'état in 1958,his regime rapidly became moreautocraticanddespotic.An undercover governmentdeath squad,theTonton Macoute(Haitian Creole:Tonton Makout), indiscriminately tortured or killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to be so pervasive that Haitians became highly fearful of expressing any form of dissent, even in private. Duvalier further sought to solidify his rule by incorporating elements ofHaitian mythologyinto apersonality cult.

François Duvalier
Duvalier in 1963
34thPresident of Haiti
In office
22 October 1957 – 21 April 1971
Preceded byAntonio Thrasybule Kébreauas Chairman of the Military Council
Succeeded byJean-Claude Duvalier
Minister of Public Health and Labor
In office
14 October 1949 – 10 May 1950
PresidentDumarsais Estimé
Preceded by
  • Antonio Vieux (Public Health)
  • Louis Bazin (Labor)
Succeeded by
Under Secretary of Labor
In office
26 November 1948 – 14 October 1949
PresidentDumarsais Estimé
Personal details
Born(1907-04-14)14 April 1907
Port-au-Prince,Haiti
Died21 April 1971(1971-04-21)(aged 64)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Political partyPUN[1][2]
Spouse
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(m.1939)​
Children4, includingJean-Claude
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysician
NicknamePapa Doc

Prior to his rule, Duvalier graduated from the Graduate School of Public Health of theUniversity of Michiganon a scholarship that was meant to train Black doctors from the Caribbean to take care of African-American servicemen duringWorld War II.He acquired the nickname "Papa Doc". He was unanimously "re-elected" ina 1961 presidential electionin which he was the only candidate. Afterwards, he consolidated his power step by step, culminating in 1964 when he declared himselfpresident for lifeafter anothersham election,and as a result, he remained in power until his death in 1971. He was succeeded by his son,Jean‑Claude,who was nicknamed "Baby Doc".[4]

Early life and career

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Duvalier was born inPort-au-Princein 1907, the son of Duval Duvalier from the French Caribbean colony ofMartinique,ajustice of the peace,and bakerUlyssia Abraham.[8]His aunt, Madame Florestal, raised him.[6]: 51 He completed a degree in medicine from theUniversity of Haitiin 1934,[9]and served as staff physician at several local hospitals. He spent a year at theUniversity of Michiganstudying public health[6]: 53 and in 1943, became active in aUnited States–sponsored campaign to control the spread of contagious tropical diseases, helping the poor to fighttyphus,yaws,malariaand other tropical diseases that had ravaged Haiti for years.[9]His patients affectionately called him "Papa Doc", a moniker that he used throughout his life.[10]

The racism and violence that occurred during theUnited States occupation of Haiti,which began in 1915, inspiredblack nationalismamong Haitians and left a powerful impression on the young Duvalier.[11]He was also aware of the latent political power of the poor black majority and their resentment against the smallmulatto(black and white mixed-race) elite.[12]Duvalier supportedPan-Africanideals,[13]and became involved in thenégritudemovement of Haitian authorJean Price-Mars,both of which led to his advocacy ofHaitian Vodou,[14]an ethnological study of which later paid enormous political dividends for him.[12][15]In 1938, Duvalier co-founded the journalLes Griots.On 27 December 1939, he marriedSimone Duvalier(néeOvide),with whom he had four children: Marie‑Denise, Nicole, Simone, andJean‑Claude.[16]

Political rise

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In 1946, Duvalier aligned himself with PresidentDumarsais Estiméand was appointed Director General of the National Public Health Service. In 1949, he served as Minister of Health and Labor, but when Duvalier opposedPaul Magloire's 1950 coup d'état, he left the government and resumed practicing medicine. His practice included taking part in campaigns to preventyawsand other diseases. In 1954, Duvalier abandoned medicine, hiding out in Haiti's countryside from the Magloire regime. In 1956, the Magloire government was failing, and although still in hiding, Duvalier announced his candidacy to replace him as president.[6]: 57 By December 1956, an amnesty was issued and Duvalier emerged from hiding,[17]and on 12 December 1956, Magloire conceded defeat.[6]: 58 

The two frontrunners in the1957 campaign for the presidencywere Duvalier andLouis Déjoie,amulattolandowner and industrialist from the north. During their campaigning, Haiti was ruled by five temporary administrations, none lasting longer than a few months. Duvalier promised to rebuild and renew the country and rural Haiti solidly supported him as did the military. He resorted tonoiristepopulism,stoking the majorityAfro-Haitians'irritation at being governed by the fewmulatto elite,which is how he described his opponent, Déjoie.[5]

François Duvalier was elected president on 22 September 1957.[18]Duvalier received 679,884 votes to Déjoie's 266,992.[19]Even in this election, however, there are multiple first-hand accounts of voter fraud and voterintimidation.[6]: 64 

Presidency

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Consolidation of power

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After being elected president in 1957, Duvalier exiled most of the major supporters of Déjoie.[20]He had a new constitution adopted that year.[10]

Duvalier promoted and installed members of the black majority in the civil service and the army.[13]In July 1958, three exiled Haitian army officers and five American mercenarieslanded in Haitiand tried to overthrow Duvalier; all were killed.[21]Although the army and its leaders had quashed the coup attempt, the incident deepened Duvalier's distrust of the army, an important Haitian institution over which he did not have firm control. He replaced the chief-of-staff with a more reliable officer and then proceeded to create his own power base within the army by turning the Presidential Guard into an elite corps aimed at maintaining his power. After this, Duvalier dismissed the entire general staff and replaced it with officers who owed their positions, and their loyalty, to him.[citation needed]

In 1959, Duvalier created a rural militia, theMilice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale(MVSN,English:Militia of National Security Volunteers)—commonly referred to as theTonton Macouteafter aHaitian Creolebogeyman—to extend and bolster support for the regime in the countryside. TheMacoute,which by 1961 was twice as big as the army, never developed into a real military force but was more than just asecret police.[22]

In the early years of his rule, Duvalier was able to take advantage of the strategic weaknesses of his powerful opponents, mostly from the mulatto elite. These weaknesses included their inability to coordinate their actions against the regime, whose power had grown increasingly strong.[23] In the name ofnationalism,Duvalier expelled almost all of Haiti's foreign-born bishops, an act that earned himexcommunicationfrom the Catholic Church.[12]In 1966, he persuaded theHoly Seeto allow him permission to nominate the Catholic hierarchy for Haiti.[24]Duvalier now exercised more power in Haiti than ever.

Heart attack and Barbot affair

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On 24 May 1959, Duvalier suffered a massiveheart attack,possibly due to aninsulinoverdose; he had been adiabeticsince early adulthood and also suffered fromheart diseaseand associated circulatory problems. During the heart attack, he was comatose fornine hours.[6]: 81–82 His physician believed that he had sufferedneurological damageduring these events, harming his mental health and perhaps explaining his subsequent actions.[6]: 82 

While recovering, Duvalier left power in the hands ofClément Barbot,leader of theTonton Macoute.Upon his return to work, Duvalier accused Barbot of trying to supplant him as president and had him imprisoned. In April 1963, Barbot was released and began plotting to remove Duvalier from office by kidnapping his children. The plot failed and Duvalier then ordered a nationwide search for Barbot and his fellow conspirators. During the search, Duvalier was told that Barbot had transformed himself into a black dog, which prompted Duvalier to order that all black dogs in Haiti be put to death. TheTonton Macoutecaptured and killed Barbot in July 1963. In other incidents, Duvalier ordered the head of an executed rebel packed in ice and brought to him so he could commune with the dead man's spirit.[25]Peepholes were carved into the walls of the interrogation chambers, through which Duvalier watched Haitian detainees being tortured and submerged in baths ofsulfuric acid;sometimes, he was in the room during the torture.[26]

Constitutional changes

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Duvalier and Joel Barromi, Israeli ambassador to Haiti, surrounded by Haitian generals in 1963

In 1961, Duvalier began violating the provisions of the 1957 constitution. First, he replaced the bicameral legislature with a unicameral body. Then he calleda new presidential electionin which he was the sole candidate, though his term was to expire in 1963 and the constitution prohibited re-election. The election was flagrantly rigged; the official tally showed a total of 1,320,748 "yes" votes for another term for Duvalier, with none opposed.[10]Upon hearing the results, he proclaimed, "I accept the people's will.... As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of thepeople ".[6]: 85 [17]The New York Timescommented, "Latin America has witnessed many fraudulent elections throughout its history but none has been more outrageous than the one which has just taken place in Haiti".[6]: 85 On 14 June 1964, aconstitutional referendummade Duvalier "President for Life",a title previously held by seven Haitian presidents. This referendum was also blatantly rigged; an implausible 99.9% voted in favor, which should have come as no surprise since all the ballots were premarked" yes ".[6]: 96–97 [10]The new document granted Duvalier—orLe Souverain,as he was called—absolute powers as well as the right to name his successor.

Foreign relations

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Duvalier greeting David Tercero Castro, ambassador ofGuatemalato Haiti, in 1968

United States

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His relationship with the United States proved difficult. In his early years, Duvalier rebuked the United States for its friendly relations withDominicandictatorRafael Trujillo(assassinated in 1961) while ignoring Haiti. TheKennedy administration(1961–1963) was particularly disturbed by Duvalier's repressive and totalitarian rule and allegations that he misappropriated aid money, at the time a substantial part of the Haitian budget, and aU.S. Marine Corpsmission to train theTonton Macoute.The U.S. thus halted most of its economic assistance in mid-1962, pending stricter accounting procedures, with which Duvalier refused to comply. Duvalier publicly renounced all aid from Washington on nationalist grounds, portraying himself as a "principled and lonely opponent of domination by agreat power ".[10]: 234 

Duvalier misappropriated millions of dollars of international aid, including US$15 million annually from the United States.[27]: 50–51 He transferred this money to personal accounts. Another of Duvalier's methods of obtaining foreign money was to gain foreign loans, including US$4 million fromCuban dictatorFulgencio Batista.[27]: 47–48 

After theassassination of John F. Kennedyin November 1963, which Duvalier later claimed resulted from a curse that he had placed on Kennedy,[28]the U.S. eased its pressure on Duvalier, grudgingly accepting him as a bulwark againstcommunism.[10][29]Duvalier attempted to exploit tensions between the U.S. andCuba,emphasizing hisanti-communistcredentials and Haiti's strategic location as a means of winning U.S. support:

Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean... We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.[20]: 101 

Cuba

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After Fulgencio Batista (a friend of Duvalier)[20]: 92 was overthrown in theCuban Revolution,Duvalier worried that new Cuban leaderFidel Castrowould provide a safe haven for Haitian dissidents.

Duvalier enraged Castro by voting against the country in anOrganization of American States(OAS) meeting and subsequently at theUnited Nations,where a trade embargo was imposed on Cuba. Cuba answered by breaking off diplomatic relations and Duvalier subsequently instituted a campaign to rid Haiti of communists.[30]This move severedHaitian relations with Cubafor 38 years until the two countries re-established relations in 1997.

Dominican Republic

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Duvalier's relationship with the neighboringDominican Republicwas always tense: in his early years, Duvalier emphasized the differences between the two countries. In April 1963, relations were brought to the edge of war by the political enmity between Duvalier and Dominican presidentJuan Bosch.Bosch, a leftist, provided asylum and support to Haitian exiles who had plotted against the Duvalier regime. Duvalier ordered his Presidential Guard to occupy the Dominican Embassy inPétion-Ville,with the goal of arresting a Haitian army officer believed to have been involved in Barbot's plot to kidnap Duvalier's children. The Dominican president reacted with outrage, publicly threatened to invade Haiti, and ordered army units to the border. However, as Dominican military commanders expressed little support for an invasion of Haiti, Bosch refrained from the invasion and sought mediation throughtheOAS.[3]: 289 

Ethiopia

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In 1966, Duvalier hosted theEmperor of Ethiopia,Haile Selassie I,in what would be the only visit of a foreign head of state to Haiti under Duvalier.[20]: 139 During the visit, the two discussed bilateral agreements between their two nations and the economic shortcomings brought about by international pressure. Duvalier awarded Haile Selassie the Necklace of the Order of Jean-Jacques Dessalines the Great, and the emperor, in turn, bestowed upon Duvalier the Great Necklace of theOrder of the Queen of Sheba.[20]: 139 

Nigeria and Biafra

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During theNigerian Civil War,Duvalier granted diplomatic recognition toBiafraduring its war againstNigeria,making Haiti one of few countries that recognized Biafra. Duvalier's decision to recognize Biafra was influenced by his anti-communist foreign policy and by Haiti's historical connection to theIgbo people,the predominant ethnic group of Biafra.[31][32]

Internal policies

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Repression

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1971 newsreel film about Duvalier's rule

Duvalier's government was one of the most repressive in the Western Hemisphere.[33]During his 14-year rule, he murdered and exiled numerous political opponents; estimates of those killed are as high as 60,000.[3]Attacks on Duvalier from within the military were treated as especially serious. When bombs were detonated near the Presidential Palace in 1967, Duvalier had nineteen officers of the Presidential Guard executed inFort Dimanche.[10]: 357 A few days later, Duvalier gave a public speech during which he read the attendance sheet with the names of all 19 officers killed. After each name, he said "absent". After reading the whole list, Duvalier remarked that "all were shot".[27]: 10–11  Haitian communists and even suspected communists bore the brunt of the government's repression.[20]: 148 Duvalier targeted them to reassure the U.S. that he was not communist: Duvalier was exposed to communist and leftist ideas early in his life and rejected them.[20]: 147–148 On 28 April 1969, Duvalier instituted a campaign to rid Haiti of all communists. A new law declared that "Communist activities, no matter what their form, are hereby declared crimes against the security of the State." Those convicted of Communist activity were subject to execution, and faced having their property confiscated.[34]

Social and economic policies

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Duvalier employed intimidation, repression, and patronage to supplant the old mulatto elites with a new elite of his own making. Corruption—in the form of government rake-offs of industries, bribery, extortion of domestic businesses, and stolen government funds—enriched the dictator's closest supporters. Most of them held sufficient power to intimidate the members of the old elite, who were gradually co-opted or eliminated.[10]

Many educated professionals fled Haiti forNew York City,Miami,Montreal,Parisand several French-speaking African countries, exacerbating an already serious lack of doctors and teachers. Some of the highly skilled professionals joined the ranks of severalUNagencies to work in development in newly independent nations such asIvory Coastand theCongo.[citation needed]

The government confiscated peasant landholdings and allotted them to members of the militia,[12]who had no official salary and made their living throughcrimeandextortion.[10]: 464 The dispossessed fled to the slums of the capital where they would find only meager incomes to feed themselves.Malnutritionand famine became endemic.[12]

Nonetheless, Duvalier enjoyed significant support among Haiti's majority black rural population, who saw in him a champion of their claims against the historically dominant mulatto elite. During his 14 years in power, he created a substantial black middle class, chiefly through government patronage.[10]: 330 Duvalier also initiated the development ofFrançois Duvalier Airport,now known asToussaint Louverture International Airport.

Personality cult andVodou

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Duvalier fostered hiscult of personalityand claimed that he was the physical embodiment of the island nation. He also revived the traditions ofVodou,later using them to consolidate his power with his claim of being aVodoupriest himself. In an effort to make himself even more imposing, Duvalier deliberately modeled his image on that ofBaron Samedi,one of thelwa,or spirits, of Haitian Vodou. He often donned sunglasses in order to hide his eyes and talked with the strong nasal tone associated with thelwa.The regime's propaganda stated that "Papa Doc was one with thelwa,Jesus ChristandGodhimself ".[12]The most celebrated image from the time shows a standing Jesus Christ with a hand on the shoulder of a seated Papa Doc, captioned, "I have chosen him".[35]Duvalier declared himself an "immaterial being" as well as "the Haitian flag" soon after his first election.[36]In 1964, he published acatechismin which theLord's Prayerwas heavily reworded to praise Duvalier instead of God.[36][37]

Duvalier also held in his closet the head of former opponent Blucher Philogenes, who tried to overthrow him in 1963.[27]: 132 He believed another political enemy, Clément Barbot, was able tochange at willinto a black dog and had the militia begin killing black dogs on sight in the capital.[38]

Death and succession

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François Duvalier died ofheart diseaseanddiabeteson 21 April 1971, seven days after his 64th birthday. His 19-year-old sonJean-Claude Duvalier,nicknamed "Baby Doc", succeeded him as president.[39][40]

On 8 February 1986, when the Duvalier regime fell, a crowd attacked Duvalier's mausoleum, throwing boulders at it, chipping off pieces from it, and breaking open the crypt. Duvalier's coffin was not inside, however. A prevailing rumor in the capital, according toThe New York Times,was that his son had removed his remains upon fleeing to theU.S. Air Forcein a transport plane to Paris the day before.[41][42][43]

Books and films

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Many books have been written about the Duvalier era in Haiti, the best known of which isGraham Greene's novelThe Comedians.[44]Duvalier, however, dismissed the piece and referred to its author as "a cretin, a stool pigeon, sadistic, unbalanced, perverted, a perfect ignoramous [sic], lying to his heart's content, the shame of proud and noble England, a spy, a drug addict, and a torturer ".[45]The book was later made into afilm.Greene himself was declaredpersona non grataand barred from entering Haiti.[citation needed]

Alan Whickerfeatured Duvalier in a 1969 episode ofWhicker's World,which included an interview with the president.[46]Made byYorkshire Television,the documentary is deeply revealing of Duvalier's character and of the state of Haiti in 1969.[47]

The first authoritative book on the subject wasPapa Doc: Haiti and its DictatorbyAl BurtandBernard Diederich,published in 1969,[48]though several others by Haitian scholars and historians have appeared since Duvalier's death in 1971. One of the most informative, Patrick Lemoine'sFort‑Dimanche: Dungeon of Death,dealt specifically with victims ofFort Dimanche,the prison which Duvalier used for the torture and murder of his political opponents.[49]

In 2007, John Marquis wrotePapa Doc: Portrait of a Haitian Tyrant,[50]which relied in part on records from a 1968 espionage trial in Haiti to detail numerous attempts on Duvalier's life. The trial's defendant, David Knox, was aBahamiandirector of information. Knox lost and was sentenced to death, but he was later granted amnesty.[51]

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  34. ^"Report on the situation of human rights in Haiti".Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States. 1979.ISBN978-0-8270-1094-9.OCLC8344995.Archivedfrom the original on 21 March 2012.Current Haitian legislation contains a number of legal provisions that place considerable restrictions on the freedom of speech. The most important of these is the law of 28 April 1969:
    Article 1. Communist activities, no matter what their form, are hereby declared crimes against the security of the State... The authors of an accomplices in crimes listed above shall receive the death penalty, and their goods and chattels shall be confiscated and sold for the benefit of the State
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Preceded by
Antonio Vieux
as Minister of Public Health 		Minister of Public Health and Labor
1949–1950 		Succeeded by
Joseph Loubeau
as Minister of Public Health
Preceded by
Louis Bazin
as Minister of Labor 		Succeeded byas Minister of Labor
Preceded byas Chairman of the Military Council President of Haiti
1957–1971 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
New political party Leader of theNational Unity Party
1957–1971 		Succeeded by
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