Raoul Cédras
Raoul Cédras (born July 9, 1949 ) is a Haitian military. He was the Commander in Chief of the Haiti military forces ( Forces Armées d'Haïti, FADH ) at the time of the military dictatorship from 1991 to 1994.
The period of his rule was marked by state-sponsored human rights abuses committed by the Haitian army and the paramilitary organization Front Révolutionnaire Armé pour le Progrès d'Haiti (FRAPH). The methods used by the military and the FRAPH organization included extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances , arbitrary arrests and arrests, rape of women and other forms of torture and violence. Several thousand people were killed during the military rule.
In July 1993, Cédras signed an agreement that would allow Jean-Bertrand Aristide , the democratically elected presidential candidate, to return to the presidency by October of the same year. However, the agreement was eventually broken by Cédras and his military leaders.
With the arrival of the US armed forces in Haiti in September 1994, Cédras fled.
Raoul Cédras was charged in 2000 for his involvement in the Raboteau massacre and on November 16, 2000, a Haitian court sentenced him to life imprisonment in absentia. Raoul Cédras now lives in Panama City and runs a computer graphics business there.
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Reding: Democracy and Human Rights in Haiti. ( Memento of January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) World Policy Institute, World Policy Report March 2004
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
President of Haiti September 30, 1991–8. October 1991 |
Joseph Nérette |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cédras, Raoul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian military, commander in chief of the Haiti military forces (1991-1994) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1949 |