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Philippe Guerrier

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Role
  
Political figure

Nationality
  
Haitian

Succeeded by
  
Jean-Louis Pierrot


Profession
  
Military

Resigned
  
April 15, 1845

Name
  
Philippe Guerrier

First day in office
  
May 3, 1844

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Preceded by
  
Andre Laudun (War and Navy)

Full Name
  
Jean-Jacques Louis Philippe Guerrier

Born
  
December 19, 1757 Grande-Riviere-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue (
1757-12-19
)

Died
  
April 15, 1845, Saint-Marc, Haiti

Presidential term
  
May 3, 1844 – April 15, 1845

Preceded by
  
Charles Riviere-Herard

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Jean-Jacques Louis Philippe Guerrier (December 19, 1757 – April 15, 1845) was a career officer and general in the Haitian Army who became President of Haïti on May 3, 1844. He died in office on April 15, 1845.

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A respected soldier, Guerrier had successfully commanded the southern black army during the Haitian Revolution. After Haiti became independent, he retired from active service and became a plantation owner. King Henry I gave him the hereditary title of Duke of l'Avancé.

In 1844, discontent erupted among rural farmers and cultivaters over economic conditions within the country. These disaffected groups formed bands of armed men known as "piquets". The piquets were gradually brought under the command of a former army officer, Louis Jean-Jacques Acaau, who used them to disrupt government control over the south of Haiti. Eventually with their increasing success, the piquets acquired political aspirations. The foremost of these were the dismantling of mulatto power over the government and a return to black rule. These goals were believed to have been met when in May 1844, President Rivière-Hérard was removed from office by the mulatto hierarchy and replaced with the aged black general Philippe Guerrier, who assumed the presidency on May 3, 1844. Guerrier held office for only 11 months before he died on April 15, 1845.

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References

Philippe Guerrier Wikipedia


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