Élie Lescot

Élie Lescot

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office =President of Haiti
term_start =May 15, 1941
term_end =January 11, 1946
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predecessor =Sténio Vincent
successor =Franck Lavaud (Chairman of the Military Executive Committee)
birth_date =December 9, 1883
birth_place =Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti
death_date =October 20, 1974
death_place =Laboule, Haiti
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Elie Lescot (December 9, 1883 – October 20, 1974) was the President of Haiti from May 15 1941 to January 11 1946.

Lescot was born in Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti. He became president when Sténio Vincent resigned. He had Haiti participate in World War II on the side of the allies, at the request of the United States. Due to economic problems and political discontent, he was overthrown in a military coup. He died nearly 30 years later in Laboule, Haiti. His son, Gérard Lescot (1914-), was also a Haitian politician and served as foreign minister in his government from 1943 to 1946.

Haitian politician, dictator–president 1941–46. After replacing Sténio Vincent in 1941, he quickly established a tyrannical and corrupt dictatorship, surviving through his close ties with the USA, which secured military and economic aid, and his support for the Allies in World War II. Having declared war on the Axis powers in 1941 Lescot suspended the constitution and assumed ‘emergency powers’. In 1944 he extended his presidential term from five years to seven, but after the war his attempts to muzzle the opposition press sparked student-led demonstrations. A military coup in 1946, led by Major Paul Eugene Magloire, forced Lescot to flee to the USA, although he later returned to Haiti.

It was alleged that Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic and an ally of Lescot, provided him with funds to bribe members of the Haitian Assembly to secure his election in 1941. During his government, political opponents were arbitrarily arrested and foreign assets appropriated for his family's enrichment.

Lescot was drawn from the mulatto (mixed ethnic) social and political elite. After studying in Canada, where he secured a doctorate, he had a varied career in business, as a diplomat, and as a cabinet minister.


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