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Leconte, Cincinnatus, 1854-1912

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Personal name headingLeconte, Cincinnatus, 1854-1912
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Associated countryHaiti
Birth date18540929
Death date19120808
Place of birthSaint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye (Haiti)
Place of deathPort-au-Prince (Haiti)
Field of activityLaw Civil service
Profession or occupationPublic officers Presidents--Haiti
Found inSoukar, 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)
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