1. Henri Christophe (1767)

President Of Haiti

Remembered as a leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Haitian Revolution, this ex-slave served from 1807 until 1811 as President of the State of Haiti and subsequently became...

2. François Duvalier (1907)

President Of Haiti

Also known by the nickname of "Papa Doc," this physician-turned-politician became dictator of Haiti in 1957. After taking office, he established a paramilitary organization known as Tonton Macoute, garnering support...

3. René Préval (1943)

President Of Haiti

After serving a brief term as Prime Minister of Haiti, this Fanmi Lavalas-turned-Lespwa party politician became a two-term President of Haiti, serving from 1996-2001 and again from 2006-2011. 

4. Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951)

President Of Haiti

In 1971, at the age of 19, he became the 41st President of Haiti. He served until 1986 when an uprising bumped him from office. He was a ruthless tyrant...

5. Florvil Hyppolite (1828)

President Of Haiti

Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite was the President of Haiti from 17 October 1889 to 24 March 1896. He was a career soldier a general. He was installed as president by...

6. Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave (1863)

President Of Haiti

Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave was a Haitian political figure.

7. Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1832)

President Of Haiti

Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal was a Haitian politician who served as the President of Haiti three times. Boisrond-Canal was born 12 June 1832 in the town of Les Cayes Haiti. He...

8. Élie Lescot (1883)

President Of Haiti

Antoine Louis Léocardie Élie Lescot was the President of Haiti from May 15 1941 to January 11 1946. He was a member of the country's light-skinned elite and used the...

9. Tancrède Auguste (1856)

President Of Haiti

Jean Antoine Tancrède Auguste was the President of Haiti from August 8 1912 until his death in office on May 2 1913. He assumed the presidency the day that Cincinnatus...

10. Jean-Louis Pierrot (1761)

President Of Haiti

Jean-Louis Michel Pierrot was a career officer and general in the Haitian Army and President of Haiti from April 16 1845 to March 1 1846. During the period of the...

11. Prosper Avril (1937)

President Of Haiti

Matthieu Prosper Avril is a Haitian political figure who was President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990. A trusted member of François Duvalier's Presidential Guard and adviser to Jean-Claude Duvalier...

12. Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943)

President Of Haiti

Ertha Pascal-Trouillot was the provisional President of Haiti for 11 months in 1990 and 1991. She was the first woman in Haitian history to hold that office.

13. Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (1859)

President Of Haiti

Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was President of Haiti from 4 March to 27 July 1915. He was a cousin of Tirésias Simon Sam Haiti's president from 1896 to 1902.

14. Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953)

President Of Haiti

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest of the Salesian order and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology Aristide was appointed...

15. François Denys Légitime (1841)

President Of Haiti

çois Denys Légitime known as François D. Légitime was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889. Légitime was born in Jérémie Haiti on 20...

16. Cincinnatus Leconte (1854)

President Of Haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte was President of Haiti from 15 August 1911 until his death on 8 August 1912. He was a great-grandson of Jean-Jacques Dessalines—a leader of the...

17. Faustin Soulouque (1782)

President Of Haiti

ustin-Élie Soulouque was a career officer and general in the Haïtian army when he was elected President of Haïti in 1847. In 1849 he was proclaimed Emperor of Haïti under...

18. Alexandre Pétion (1770)

President Of Haiti

Alexandre Sabès Pétion was the first President of the Republic of Haiti from 1807 until his death in 1818. He is considered as one of Haiti's founding fathers together with...

19. Louis Borno (1865)

President Of Haiti

Eustache Antoine Francois Joseph Louis Borno was a lawyer and Haitian politician who served as President of Haiti from 1922 to 1930 during the period of the American occupation of...

20. Leslie Manigat (1930)

President Of Haiti

Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988.

21. Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789)

President Of Haiti

Charles Rivière-Hérard also known as Charles Hérard aîné was an officer in the Haitian Army under Alexandre Pétion during his struggles against Henri Christophe. He was declared President of Haiti...

22. Henri Namphy (1932)

President Of Haiti

Henri Namphy was a Haitian general and political figure who served as President of Haiti's interim ruling body the National Council of Government from February 7 1986 to February 7...

23. Joseph Nérette (1924)

President Of Haiti

Joseph Nérette was a Haïtian judge and political figure. He served as the provisional president of Haïti between 1991 and 1992 part of a period in which real political authority...

24. Marc Bazin (1932)

President Of Haiti

Marc Louis Bazin was a World Bank official former United Nations functionary and Haïtian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was prime minister of...

25. Lysius Salomon (1815)

President Of Haiti

Louis Étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon was the President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888. Salomon is best remembered for instituting Haiti's first postal system and his lively enthusiasm to modernize...

26. Paul Magloire (1907)

President Of Haiti

Paul Eugène Magloire was a Haïtian military ruler from 1950 to 1956.

27. Michel Domingue (1813)

President Of Haiti

Michel Domingue was the President of Haiti from June 14 1874 to April 15 1876. Michel Domingue was born in Les Cayes in 1813. He graduated from military training and...

28. Dumarsais Estimé (1900)

President Of Haiti

Léon Dumarsais Estimé served as the President of Haïti from 16 August 1946 until 10 May 1950. He was the first black head of state since the US occupation of...

29. Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis (1900)

President Of Haiti

Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis served as President of Haiti from 1956 to 1957. Pierre-Louis who studied physics and law was first a professor of physics at the Lycée Philippe Guerrier. After...