Ruler · 1937 – present

Prosper Avril

Born 1937, living; politician. President of Haiti (Haiti), 1988 – 1990.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1937; living
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Haiti
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Haiti

Haiti · the 45th of 59 dated reigns · 1804 – 2024

41 before

Henri Namphy1986 – 1988

Leslie Manigat1988

Henri Namphy1988

Prosper Avril1988 – 1990

Hérard Abraham1990

Ertha Pascal-Trouillot1990 – 1991

Jean-Bertrand Aristide1991

11 after

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

Reigned 1988 – 1990 · 2 years · came to it aged 51

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: exiled, imprisoned or confined

Jean Bosco massacre, Avril overthrew his former ally Namphy in a bloodless coup.

Although the junta members allowed Avril to join the government as a political adviser, he was forced to resign after public demonstrations due to his Duvalier connections.

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