Charles Riviere-Herard, Haitian President

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