Ex-Haiti Dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Dies
By Al Jazeera, Oct. 5, 2014, Aljazeera.com
Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who ruled Haiti from 1971 until he fled the country in 1986, has died of a heart attack aged 63.
The death of Duvalier, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years of exile, was announced by Florence Guillaume Duperval, the nation's health minister, on Saturday.
President Michel Martelly, reacting on Twitter, called him "an authentic son of Haiti" and sent his "sincere condolences to the family and to the nation".
"Love and reconciliation must always prevail over our internal quarrels. May he rest in peace," wrote Martelly, who said he was paying tribute to Duvalier "despite our quarrels and our differences."
Duvalier became the world's youngest president at the age of 19 when in 1971 he inherited power from his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
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| Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
The death of Duvalier, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years of exile, was announced by Florence Guillaume Duperval, the nation's health minister, on Saturday.
President Michel Martelly, reacting on Twitter, called him "an authentic son of Haiti" and sent his "sincere condolences to the family and to the nation".
"Love and reconciliation must always prevail over our internal quarrels. May he rest in peace," wrote Martelly, who said he was paying tribute to Duvalier "despite our quarrels and our differences."
Duvalier became the world's youngest president at the age of 19 when in 1971 he inherited power from his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
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