Jean-claude duvalier net worth
•
Jean-Claude Duvalier
President of Haiti from to
Jean-Claude Duvalier (French:[ʒɑ̃kloddyvalje]; 3 July &#;&#; 4 October ), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (French: Bébé Doc, Haitian Creole: Bebe Dòk), was a Haitian dictator who inherited the President of Haiti from until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February He succeeded his father François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as the ruler of Haiti after his death in After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors. Thousands of Haitians were tortured and killed, and hundreds of thousands fled the country during his presidency.[2] He maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle (including a state-sponsored US$2&#;million wedding in ) while poverty among his people remained the most widespread of any country in the Western Hemisphere.[3]
Relations with the United States improved after Duvalier's ascension to the presidency, and later d
•
VALLAURIS, France — When Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier was driven from power in Haiti eight years ago, he and his family slid into luxurious exile here on the sunny Cote d’Azur, the sort of place where an out-of-work dictator could spend a lifetime of accumulated wealth.
They had a hillside villa with gated privacy and sumptuous views of the Mediterranean Sea.
They ate at the best restaurants, where Mr. Duvalier’s “passion for the table,” as one ledare put it, was appreciated almost as much as his ability to pick up the $1, kontroller for his entourage.
Of course, there also were private tennis lessons, drives through the Alps in the family Ferrari or BMW and expensive visits to the toniest shops in Paris and nearby Cannes.
But the free-spending days are gone now. Mr. Duvalier is, bygd all accounts, strapped for cash. His life fryst vatten in shambles. And his spectacular fall is a warning to any of Haiti’s outgoing leaders pondering a life of sektion
•
Haiti's Brutal Former Dictator Jean-Claude-Duvalier Is Dead At 63
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, his attorney said.
Reynold George said the year-old ex-leader died at his home.
Duvalier, looking somewhat frail, made a surprise return to Haiti in , allowing victims of his regime to pursue legal claims against him and prompting some old allies to rally around him. Neither side gained much support, and the once-feared dictator known as "Baby Doc" spent his late years in relative obscurity in the leafy hills above the Haitian capital.
Duvalier was the son of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, a medical doctor-turned-dictator who promoted "Noirisme," a movement that sought to highlight Haiti's African roots over its European ones while uniting the black majority against a mulatto elite in a c