Special Reports - The very sad, long list of Haitian heads of state

The very sad, long list of Haitian heads of state

"History, famously said Voltaire, 'is a tableau of crimes.'

President:	Year(s) in Office:	Notes about term:
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Governor	1804
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor	1804-1806	assassinated
Henri Christophe, President	1807 - 1811
Henri Christophe, King	1811-1820	suicide
Alexander Petion	1807 - 1818	died in office
Jean Pierre Boyer	1818 - 1843	overthrown
Riviere Riviere-Herard	1843 - 1844	overthrown
Philippe Guerrier	1844 - 1845	died in office
Jean Louis Pierrot	1845 - 1846	overthrown
Jean Baptiste Riche	1847 - 1847	died in office
Faustin Soulouque, President	1847 - 1849
Faustin Soulouque, Emperor	1849-1859	overthrown
Fabre Nicholas Geffrard	1859 - 1867	overthrown
Sylvain Salnave	1867 - 1869	executed
Nissage Saget	1870 - 1874	full term
Michel Domingue	1874 - 1876	overthrown
Boisrond Canal	1876 - 1879	overthrown
Lysius Felicite Salomon	1879 - 1888	overthrown
Francois Legitime	1888 - 1889	overthrown
Florvil Hyppolite	1889 - 1896	died in office
Tiresias Simon Sam	1896 - 1902	full term
Nord Alexis	1902 - 1908	overthrown
Antoine Simon	1908 - 1911	overthrown
Cincinnatus Leconte	1911 - 1912	died in office
Tancrede Auguste	1912 - 1913	died in office
Michel Oreste	1913 - 1914	overthrown
Oreste Zamor	1914	overthrown
Davilmar Theodore	1914 - 1915	overthrown
Vilbrun Sam	1915	assassinated
Sudre Dartiguevave	1915 - 1922	full term (1st US Occupation)
Louis Borno	1922 - 1930	full term (1st US Occupation
Eugene Roy*	1930	(1st US occupation)
Sternio Vincent	1930 - 1941	full term (occupation until 1934)
Élie Lescot	1941 - 1946	overthrown
Franck Lavaud	1946
Dumarsais Estimé	1946 - 1950	overthrown
Paul Eugène Magloire	1950 - 1956	overthrown
Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis*	1956 - 1957
Franck Sylvain*	1957
Executive Government Council	1957
Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau (Chairman of the Military Council)	1957
François Duvalier	1957 - 1971	died in office
Jean-Claude Duvalier	1971 - 1986	overthrown
Henri Namphy	1986 - 1987	full term
Lesli Manigat	1988	overthrown
Henri Namphy*	1988 - 1989	overthrown
Prosper Avril*	1989 - 1990	overthrown
Etha Pascal-Trouillot*	1990 - 1991	full term
Jean-Bertrand Aristide	1991	overthrown
Joseph Nerette*	1991 - 1992
Marc Bazin (acting prime minister)	1992 - 1993
Émile Jonassaint*	1994
Jean-Bertrand Aristide	1994 - 1996	finished remainder of term
Rene Preval	1996 - 2001	full term
Jean-Bertrand Aristide	2001 - 2004	overthrown
Boniface Alexandre*	2004 - 2006
René Préval	2006 -
[*Provisional Leader]