Ruler · 1909 – 1987

Franck Sylvain

Lived 1909 – 1987; politician. President of Haiti (Haiti), 1957.

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Lived: 1909 – 1987; 78 years
Lines: 1; Haiti
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Haiti

Haiti · the 39th of 59 dated reigns · 1804 – 2024

35 before

Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis1956 – 1957

Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau1957

Daniel Fignolé1957

Franck Sylvain1957

François Duvalier1957 – 1971

Jean-Claude Duvalier1971 – 1986

Henri Namphy1986 – 1988

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1957 · under a year · came to it aged 48

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Sylvain served as president for only 56 days, then he was deposed by General Léon Cantave.

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