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Cincinnatus Leconte

Central Railway in Port-au-Prince, Cincinnatus Leconte government

Central Railway in Port-au-Prince, Cincinnatus Leconte government

Here is a picture of the Central Railway in Port-au-Prince at Rue du Quai during the government of Cincinnatus Leconte

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (born September 29, 1854) was the Haitian President between (August 1911 until his death on 8 August 1912). He was the son of Cinna Leconte and Florelia Raphael and the great grandson of the Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the founding father of Haiti and the autocratic first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1801 constitution. Cincinnatus Leconte was a lawyer by profession who served as the Minister of the Interior to the President Pierre Nord Alexis. In 1908, when a revolt deposed Alexis, he went into exile in Jamaica and C. Antoine Simon became the President. He came back from exile in 1911 and gathered a rebellion force that ousted President Simon and on August 7, 1911, Leconte unanimously became the President for a seven year term with a set salary of $24,000 a year. His presidency is often considered as one of the efficient and cleanest government that Haiti ever had. He took many positive steps and numerous reforms. He increased teachers' pay, paved the streets, installed telephone lines, reduced the size of the army, etc., and they are only a few to name. He introduced a controversial discriminatory policy targeting "Syrian" population (actually most of them were Lebanese Christians) to protect Haitians from disloyal competition of the Easterners with uncertain nationality.

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Cincinnatus Leconte death following Explosion at National Palace

Cincinnatus Leconte death following Explosion at National Palace

Here is a picture of Haiti National Plalace, following the explosion that took the life of President Cincinnatus Leconte

His presidency was very short lived, he died on August 8, 1912 at the National Palace in Port Au Prince when a series of explosion took place, followed by a tremendous explosion that killed the president and his hundreds of soldiers. So great was the explosion that every house in the city was shaken. There are many opinions and debates on the exact cause of the accident-- was it an accident? Crime? Vengeance Ogou, the voodoo god? However, the most accepted opinion is that the powder magazines stored in the basement destroyed the National Palace and smaller explosions were covering up for an assassination.

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Haitian Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche and the Titanic Story

Haitian Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche and the Titanic Story

The connection between Titanic and Cincinnatus Leconte. Juliette Laroche who was a French young girl married a Haitian engineer Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche back in Villlejuif, a southern suburb of Paris, France.

With two children and one on the way, the family decided to move to Haiti. At the time, Cincinnatus Leconte who was the uncle of Joseph Laroches was President of Haiti.

It was reported that the family purchased traveling tickets boarded Titanic in Cherbourg. After realizing that the Titanic was sinking, the men made sure their wives and children made it onto a Lifeboat.

in 1912, after Titanic, these mothers also had to be survivors in every sense of the word and for as long as they lived.

Juliette Laroche and her children were treated in a New York Hospital and released. Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, the only Black and Haitian onboard perished in 1912, after Titanic. He was also the nephew of President Cincinnatus Leconte.

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Cincinnatus Leconte Haitian President died in office

Cincinnatus Leconte Haitian President died in office

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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Cincinnatus Leconte, and his government of Haiti

Cincinnatus Leconte, and his government of Haiti

During the presidency of Haitian president Cincinnatus Leconte, he initiated many reforms such as paving streets, increasing teacher pay, installing telephone lines, and decreasing the size of the army. Cincinnatus Leconte is reported by history to follow a discriminatory policy toward the Syrian community

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Picture of Cincinnatus Leconte, Haitian President

Picture of Cincinnatus Leconte, Haitian President

Cincinnatus Leconte, Haitian President
Cincinnatus Leconte was an attorney who served at the capacity of minister of the interior under President Pierre Nord Alexis. In 1908, he went into exile in Jamaica but returned to the country in 1911. Through his military connection, Leconte lead a revolution and ultimately ousted President Simon

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