Elie Lescot

This is the picture of Elie Lescot, a former Haitian President. He is seeing here during a reception in United States.

Elie Lescot benefited from the American occupation of Haiti due to his close political and economic ties to the United States
After his return from France, during the United States occupation of Haiti between 1915 and 1934, and held various positions in the government of Louis Borno and Sténio Vincent.

One important role was when he became Haiti ambassador to the neighboring Dominican Republic. This allowed him to develop an alliance with President Rafael Trujillo

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This is Haitian president Elie Lescot with his wife.

During his government, that was right around the second world war, Elie Lescot his government offered refuge to European Jews
In 1942, Elie Lescot suspended the Haitian Constitution, claiming the Second World war put him in an obligation to suspend of the constitution and had the parliament give him unlimited executive powers.

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Here is the Haitian President Louis Élie Lescot. He was born in Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti. With close to 70,000 in population, Saint-Louis-du-Nord is a municipality in the Saint-Louis-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest Department of Haiti.

It is located on the northern coast of Haiti, a few hours west of Cap-Haitien

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A memorable picture of Franklin Roosevelt and Elie Lescot.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms.
The domestic policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt redefined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century.
During World War II, he gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and Great Britain, while remaining officially neutral.

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The SHADA began production in 1941 in Haiti with the help from the American government. In 1943, an estimated 47,177 acres of productive land in Haiti were cleared for the planting of cryptostegia vine.

This affected Haitian farming a great deal. the project acquired over 100,000 hectares of land. Farmers in the North of Haiti were lured from food crop cultivation to meet increasing demand for rubber.

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This is a picture of Former President of Haiti, Elie Lescot.

A Haitian Mulato elite, born in Saint-Louis du Nord to a middle-class family. Haitian history would inform us that Elie Lescot completed his secondary education in the historic city of Cap-Haitian. Then, he moved to the city of Port-de-Paix where he became involved in the import export business.

Elie Lescot put his feet into the water of Haitian politic in 1911. By 1914, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies two years later.

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Here is a picture of the Douane an Hotel communale during the government of Elie Lescot.

Elie Lescot spent about 5 years in office which is from May 15, 1941 to January 11, 1946. He was a Haitian Mulato born from a wealth Haitian family. Elie Lescot developed a very close relationship to the US government during his administration.

There were many issues related to his government. Elie Lescot used harsh political repressive measures to keep his opponents quiet. Throughout his government, Haiti suffered harsh economic downturn

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Here is a picture dated back 1935. In this picture, you see Elie Lescot, Stenio Vincent and Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican republic.

As you may remember, in 1937, over 20,000 Haitians were massacred in the Dominican Republic. This is to be called The Parsley Massacre. This was a government-sponsored genocide of the Dominican Government in October 1937, headed by the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

The massacre took place following a direct order of Dominican President Rafael Trujillo who ordered the execution of the Haitian citizens living in the borderlands with Haiti.

This action by Trujillo was supposed to be a response for Haitians at the border allegedly involved in cattle and crops stealing from Dominican residents

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Here is a picture of two former Haitian presidents, Elie Lescot and Dumarsais Estime.

Unlike many previous governments in Haiti, Dumarsais Estime was not part of the opposition that fueled the uprising against the government of Élie Lescot.

Following several Month of political dealing under an interim government that was formed with Haitian, Dumarsais Estime was elected in a very close election that took place in August 1946. He was considered to be the first black Haitian president since the US occupation of Haiti.

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