Louis Déjoie

Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie (23 February 1896 - 11 July 1969, Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1][2]) was a wealthy Haitian sugar planter, industrialist, agricultural engineer, landowner and politician.[3][4]

Early years

Déjoie was a descendant of a French slave-holder, and former Haitian President Fabre Geffrard, who overthrew the Faustin empire.[3]

He ran for the Presidency against Francois Duvalier in 1957 Haitian general election. His party only won 2 of the 37 seats in the country's Chamber of Deputies, and he received only 26.6% of the vote to Duvalier's 72.4%.

References
  1. Diederich, Bernard; Burt, Al (25 May 1972). "Papa Doc: Haiti and its dictator". p. 82. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. Haiti-Référence: Notables et Personalités - Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie
  3. Plummer, Brenda Gayle (1992). "Haiti and the United States: The Psychological Moment". p. 168. ISBN 0820323829. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. Press, ed. (5 February 1959). "Jet". p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2015.


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