The Return of Haiti’s Former Presidents

Since the fall of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986, Haiti's former presidents have been able to return to the country.

Frantz Duval
16 Jul 2026 — Lecture : 3 min.
The Return of Haiti’s Former Presidents

Frantz Duval

Since the fall of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986, Haiti's former presidents have been able to return to the country. That had not been possible during the 29 years of the Duvalier father-and-son dictatorship.

The first former president to return from exile was Daniel Fignolé. The man who had led the country for just nineteen days declared from the diplomatic lounge at the airport, moments after setting foot on Haitian soil: "I am a politician." He was responding to a journalis

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