28 June 2018
Former Haitian coup leader, Lieutenant General Henri Namphy is dead
By BBC
Former Haitian coup leader, Lieutenant General Henri Namphy is dead.
Namphy died on Tuesday in the neighbouring Dominican Republic following a battle with lung cancer.
Namphy, who lived in exile in the Dominican Republic, headed Haiti’s military-dominated government after the fall of the Duvalier family dictatorship.
He became head of the interim National Council of Government that took charge of Haiti in 1986 when Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier fled into exile in France.
He also served as president before he was ousted in a coup in 1988.
His presidency lasted only last three months, and after being ousted he fled to the Dominican Republic.
He was 85.
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