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Definition of Jean-claude duvalier
1. Noun. Son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jean-claude Duvalier
Literary usage of Jean-claude duvalier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Silencing a People: The Destruction of Civil Society in Haiti by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), National Coalition for Haitian Refugees (1993)
"After the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986, radio stations began to report
abuses by the authorities. Some stations opened their microphones to the ..."
2. Enforcing Restraint: Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts by Lori Fisler Damrosch (1993)
"Under article 104 of the 1971 constitution, Jean-Claude's term of office was also
for life.19 Like his father's, the regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier was ..."
3. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (1999)
"... in the 1970s filed complaints in a Paris court on September 10, 1999, against
former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier for "crimes against humanity. ..."
4. C3I: Issues of Command and Control edited by Thomas P. Coakley (1991)
"We can't really claim any credit for his having decided to step down, but upon
hearing the rumor that maybe he Duvalier-Jean-Claude> Duvalier, Presi- was ..."
5. Policing the New World Disorder: Peace Operations and Public Security by Robert B. Oakley, Michael J. Dziedzic, Eliot M. Goldberg (1998)
"... Armed Forces (FAd'H) serving as the country's enforcer and political arbiter,
dominating the series of governments that succeeded Jean-Claude Duvalier. ..."
6. Relative Connections by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"President Jean-Claude Duvalier, which was to be arranged by Brown, who had once
served as a lobbyist for the Duvalier regime. This would enable them, ..."
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