Leslie Manigat
Leslie François Manigat (born August 13, 1930 in Port-au-Prince ; † June 27, 2014 there ) was a Haitian historian , educator and politician. In 1988 he was President of Haiti for a few months .
Life
Studies and professional career
Manigat came from a family of educators and politicians from northern Haiti. His grandfather, François Manigat, was a general and a presidential candidate at the end of the 19th century. As the youngest of four children of a mathematics teacher at a secondary school and a primary school teacher, he completed a degree in philosophy at the Sorbonne . After completing his studies, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an employee in 1953. In 1958, at the request of the new President François Duvalier, he was the founder and first director of the School for International Studies of the Université d'État d'Haïti . However, Duvalier accused him of preparing a student protest in 1960, so that he was temporarily detained and shortly afterwards went into exile .
He later worked as a professor of political science and gave lectures on world history and education at the prestigious Paris VIII University in Vincennes .
In addition to his work as a university lecturer , he was also the author of articles on education in the Haitian daily newspapers Le Nouvelliste , the oldest newspaper in Haiti, La Phalange and Le Matin . His other publications include:
- Une date littéraire, un événement pédagogique. Essay , Port-au-Prince 1962 (A literary date, an educational event)
- L'Amerique latine au XX e siècle. University of Paris I , Éditions Richelieu, 1973 ( Latin America in the 20th century; new edition 1991 by Éditions du Seuil , Paris)
- The Caribbean Yearbook Of International Relations. Edition 1976
In 2004 he was awarded the Haiti Great Prize for Literature at the Miami International Book Exhibition . He prevailed against the also nominated Edwidge Danticat , René Depestre , Jean-Claude Fignolé , Odette Roy-Fombrun , Frankétienne , Gary Klang , Dany Laferrière and Josaphat-Robert Large .
President from February to June 1988 and candidate for presidency in 2006
Manigat was the founder of a political party in 1979 while in exile in Venezuela . His campaign manager Robert Benodin organized an armed force with whom he planned an invasion of Haiti in the early 1980s.
According to the Conseil Electoral Provisoire, he emerged victorious from the military-controlled presidential elections of January 17, 1988, and received 50.29 percent more votes than the other ten candidates combined. Only a few historians and election observers saw the election as democratic .
His inauguration followed on February 7, 1988, when he took over the post of President of Haiti from Lieutenant General Henri Namphy . After a term of only four and a half months, he was overthrown on June 20, 1988 by General Namphy after he had wanted to depose him as commander in chief of the armed forces .
In the presidential election of February 2006, he ran as chairman of the opposition party Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressivstes (RNDP) again as president, but was defeated by the election winner René Préval , who received 51.15 percent. Manigat came second out of 35 presidential candidates with 12.40 percent of the vote.
Leslie Manigat was married to Mirlande Manigat for the second time . A daughter emerged from the relationship. In the 2010/11 presidential election , his wife ran for the RNDP.
Web links
- Biographical notes in rulers.org
- Frauke Gewecke: The Caribbean: On the history, politics and culture of a region. 2007, ISBN 3-86527-314-9
- Eric Pace: Leslie Manigat, Ousted as Haiti Leader, Dies at 83. Obituary in The New York Times, June 27, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph B. Treaster: Man In The News; A Paradox For Haiti's Presidency: Leslie François Manigat. In: New York Times , January 25, 1988
- ^ Willi Germund: Election without voters. Voting farce in Haiti - The military manipulated violently . In: Die Zeit , No. 4/1988
- ↑ Jill Smolowe: Haiti Going From A Sham To A farce. In: TIME magazine of July 4, 1988
- ^ Chronicle of Haiti 2006
- ^ Préval becomes the new President of Haiti after protests. In: Hamburger Abendblatt from February 17, 2006
- ↑ cf. Leslie Manigat . In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/2001 of April 30, 2001, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 13/2006 (accessed via Munzinger Online )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Namphy |
President of Haiti February 7, 1988-20. June 1988 |
Henri Namphy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manigat, Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manigat, Leslie François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian politician, President of Haiti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port-au-Prince |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 2014 |
| Place of death | Port-au-Prince |