LC control no. | no2015022804 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Leconte, Cincinnatus, 1854-1912 |
Associated country | Haiti |
Birth date | 18540929 |
Death date | 19120808 |
Place of birth | Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye (Haiti) |
Place of death | Port-au-Prince (Haiti) |
Field of activity | Law Civil service |
Profession or occupation | Public officers Presidents--Haiti |
Found in | Soukar, Michel. La dernière nuit de Cincinnatus Leconte, 2013 Wikipedia, Feb. 18, 2015: Cincinnatus Leconte (Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (Sept. 29, 1854, Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, Haiti - Aug. 8, 1912, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) was President of Haiti from Aug. 1911 until his death on Aug. 1912; a lawyer, he served as the Minister of the Interior under President Pierre Nord Alexis; forced into exile in Jamaica after a revolt, in 1908, deposed Alexis and gave François C. Antoine Simon the presidency; returning from exile in 1911, Leconte gathered a large military force and ousted President Simon; Leconte was unanimously elected president of Haiti by Congress for a seven-year term but his time in office was short lived, a violent explosion destroyed the National Palace, killing the president and several hundred soldiers) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnatus_Leconte> |