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Here is a picture of Haitian President Rene Preval with Eric H. Holder U.S. Attorney General.

Eric H. Holder, Jr. was sworn in as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2009 by Vice President Joe Biden.

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Born in Marmelade, Haiti Rene Garcia Preval is the son of a Haitian agronomist who has risen to the position of Minister of Agriculture under Paul E. Magloire.

Rene Preval was the Prime Minister of Haiti under the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He married three time. On December 6, 2009 Preval married Elizabeth Delatour

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Here is a classic picture of Dumarsais Estime and Paul Magloire.

Dumarsais Estime was largely unable to deliver on his economic promises in Haiti during his government. In addition, the United States Government imposed strict tax controls.
In Haiti, large American companies associated labor officials to communists. In light of all these challenges, Dumarsais Estime issued a call to the Haitian people to sacrifice and help raise money. A popular national campaign became very effective with $7.6 million went towards debt payment.

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Here is a picture of former Haitian President Dumarsais Estime.

Born out of poor parent in Verrettes, Dumarsais Estime developed a reputation in Haitian politic. He married someone in the Mulato elite class and became Minister of Education under Stenio

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Daniel Fignole was very intelligent and excelled in school.

He co-founded a newspaper called Chantiers in 1942. He specifically went after the Mulato elite in Haiti for their selfishness and advocate for social programs to uplift the majority black poor class. This newspaper was ordered closed by president Elie Lescot

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Here is a picture of President Daniel Fignole as he is escorted out of the country. This took place following a Coup DEtat where President Daniel Fignole was obligated to leave Haiti.

Daniel Fignole became Haiti's provisional head of state for a period of three weeks in 1957.
He was at the head of a liberal labor organizer. Born in the coastal town of Pestel to a poor family, he moved to Port-au-Prince in 1927 at age 14 to continue his education. Following his education, Daniel Fignole started his professional career as he was tutoring the children of Haiti's wealthy elite.

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His legal name was Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte. He was one of those Haitian presidents who died while governing the country.

Cincinnatus Leconte is connected to the history of the independence of Haiti via his great-grandson who was Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The latest is considered as the founding father of Haiti.

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Charles Riviere-Herard was involved in the conspiracy to remove President Jean-Pierre Boyer.

Charles Riviere-Herard came into power as he seized control of the government and declared himself President of Haiti. It was under his presidency that the Dominican Republic that was under Haiti control at the time, declared their independence from Haiti

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Charles Riviere-Herard, a former president of Haiti was know to be an officer in the Haitian Army. He occupied that position under the presidency of Alexandre Petion during his struggles against Henri Christophe.

Charles Riviere-Herard came to this world in the capital city of Port-au-Prince on 16 February 1789.
He as involved in the revolutionaries against the French during the war of Haitian independence and in charge of a battalion of black troops

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This is Haitian president Antoine Simon. On 6 December 1908, he was appointed successor to President Alexis.

This president had little formal education himself but managed to put around hime some of the most qualified individuals.
His advisory group consisting of influential men.

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