Oreste Zamor

Oreste Zamor on a Haitian postage stamp

Emmanuel Oreste Zamor (* 1861 in Hinche ; † July 27, 1915 in Port-au-Prince ) was a Haitian general , politician and President of Haiti .

biography

After finishing school, he joined the army in 1888. After serving in the garrisons in Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye , Limbe , Dessalines and Gonaïves , he finally rose to general. Together with his brother Charles Zamor, he was in command of an army of rebellious peasants ( cacos ).

Twelve days after Michel Oreste's resignation on January 27, 1914, he was elected President of Haiti on February 8, 1914 for a term of seven years. His brother Charles (Carlos) Zamor served as Minister of the Interior in his cabinet.

Unfortunately for the Zamor brothers, the banks did not grant him any further loans, so that they soon lacked the funds to pay their soldiers. After his former ally and current rival Joseph Davilmar Théodore and his ally Dr. However, he resigned Rosalvo Bobo against his government on October 29, 1914, instead of accepting US military support and a " protected status " ( protectorate ). The then US Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan , who resigned in June 1915, but whose previous measures essentially laid the foundations for the intervention of the United States Marines in Haiti that soon followed , had a decisive influence on US policy .

Charles Zamor first fled to the embassy of the Dominican Republic , then from France , while Oreste Zamor first sought protection on a merchant ship . However, he was captured by the insurgents shortly afterwards and murdered nine months later in Port-au-Prince National Prison.

Web links

Biographical notes in rulers.org
Haiti History Chapters, in: Haitiwebs.com ( Memento of March 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Fearon, James D. / Laitin, David D .: "Haiti" , Stanford University, 2006 (PDF file; 259 kB)
World History: Haiti 1859-1915
Photo by President Oreste Zamor
Commemorative stamp with the image of President Zamor

Individual evidence

^ "Zamor Forms A Cabinet; Is Expected To Arrange To Pay Overdue Interest On Railroad Bonds," New York Times February 9, 1914
↑ Ralph Dietl: USA and Central America: the foreign policy of William J. Bryan, 1913-1915 (= contributions to colonial and overseas history . Volume 67 ). Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-515-06914-3 , ISSN 0522-6848 , p. 200 ff . (496 p., Limited preview in the Google book search - dissertation, University of Tübingen).
^ Edward S. Kaplan: US Imperialism in Latin America: Bryan's Challenges and Contributions, 1900-1920 (= Contributions in comparative colonial studies . Volume 35 ). 1st edition. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, ISBN 0-313-30489-0 , ISSN 0163-3813 , pp. 58 ff . (English, 164 p., limited preview in Google Book Search).

predecessor	Office	successor
Michel Oreste	President of Haiti February 8, 1914–29. October 1914	Joseph Davilmar Théodore

personal data
SURNAME	Zamor, Oreste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zamor, Emmanuel Oreste (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Haitian general, politician and President of Haiti
DATE OF BIRTH	1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hinche
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1915
Place of death	Port-au-Prince

[1] "Zamor Forms A Cabinet; Is Expected To Arrange To Pay Overdue Interest On Railroad Bonds," New York Times February 9, 1914

[2] Ralph Dietl: USA and Central America: the foreign policy of William J. Bryan, 1913-1915 (= contributions to colonial and overseas history . Volume 67 ). Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-515-06914-3 , ISSN 0522-6848 , p. 200 ff . (496 p., Limited preview in the Google book search - dissertation, University of Tübingen).

[3] Edward S. Kaplan: US Imperialism in Latin America: Bryan's Challenges and Contributions, 1900-1920 (= Contributions in comparative colonial studies . Volume 35 ). 1st edition. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, ISBN 0-313-30489-0 , ISSN 0163-3813 , pp. 58 ff . (English, 164 p., limited preview in Google Book Search).