| LC control no. | n 92036797 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Avril, Prosper |
| Associated country | Haiti |
| Birth date | 1937-12-12 |
| Field of activity | Military art and science Civil service |
| Profession or occupation | Presidents Authors |
| Found in | Damour, A. Haiti, dictature de Prosper Avril, 1992? L'aventure militaire des 13 guérilleros de Jeune Haïti, 2015: title page (Prosper Avril) page 5-6 (author's bibliography) Wikipedia, Feb. 8, 2016 (Matthieu Prosper Avril (b. Dec. 12, 1937) is a Haitian political and military figure who was President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990; a trusted member of François Duvalier's Presidential Guard and adviser to Jean-Claude Duvalier, Lt. Gen. Avril led the September 1988 Haitian coup d'état against a transition military government installed after Jean-Claude Duvalier's 1986 overthrow; President until March 1990, in a period which according to Amnesty International was "marred by serious human rights violations"; arrested in 2001, but released in March 2004 after the 2004 Haitian coup d'état overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Avril> |
| Associated language | fre |
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