Dumarsais Estime, President of Haiti from 1946 to 1950

Here is a picture of the former Haitian president Dumarsais Estime.

Estipme was born a very poor man in the region of Verrettes. His uncle gave him the chance to move to the capital city of Port-au-Prince where he persued his education. He became a lawyer and briefly practiced law before accepting a teaching job.

Dumarsais Estimé joined Haiti's nationalist movement in 1930