Leslie Manigat

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35th President of Haiti
Leslie François Manigat

In office February 7, 1988 – June 20, 1988
Prime Minister	Martial Célestin
Preceded by	Henri Namphy
Succeeded by	Henri Namphy

Born	August 13, 1930 Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Leslie François Manigat (born August 13, 1930 in Port-au-Prince) was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January of 1988.

According to the Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil Electoral Provisoire, or CEP) he won the presidential election of January 17, 1988 with 50.29% of the votes, defeating ten other candidates. However, percent turnout was in the low single digits. Few historians and vote monitors consider this election to have been democratic. He was inaugurated on February 7, 1988, but was overthrown by Gen. Henri Namphy on June 20, 1988. He ran for president again in the February 2006 election but was defeated, receiving 12.40% of the vote and placing a distant second behind René Préval‎.

1 Selected works
2 In education
3 Award
4 External links
5 Sources

[edit] Selected works

Une date littéraire, un événement pédagogique - Essay, Port-au-Prince, 1962
L'Amérique latine au XXe Siècle - History, Université de Paris I Sorbonne, 1973

[edit] In education

Leslie Manigat is also an educator. He was a professor at the prestigious l'Université de Paris-VIII Vincennes Sorbonne where he gave courses on World History. He also published articles on Education in various Haitian Newspapers: Le Nouvelliste, La Phalange, Le Matin.

[edit] Award

Leslie Manigat won The Haiti Grand Prize of literature 2004, given at the Miami Book Fair International of 2004. Nominees for the Prize were: Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre, Jean-Claude Fignolé, Odette Roy-Fombrun, Frankétienne, Gary Klang, Dany Laferrière and Josaphat-Robert Large.

[edit] External links

Important Dates in Haïti's History

Preceded by Henri Namphy	President of Haïti 1988	Succeeded by Henri Namphy

v • d • e Haitian Post-Duvalier Heads of State (1986-present)

Namphy · Manigat · Namphy · Avril · Abraham · Pascal-Trouillot · Aristide · Cédras · Nérette · Bazin (provisional) · Aristide · Jonassaint (provisional) · Aristide · Préval (provisional) · Aristide · Alexandre · Préval

v • d • e

Candidates in the 2006 Haitian presidential election

René Préval • Leslie Manigat • Charles Henri Baker • Jean Chavannes Jeune • Luc Mesadieu • Serge Gilles • Paul Denis • Evans Paul • Guy Philippe • Luc Fleurinord • Hubert Deronceray • Marc Bazin • Rigaud Duplan • Rene Julien • Dany Toussaint • Marie Roy • Jean-Henold Buteau • Francois Romain • Frantz Perpignan • Gerard Gourge • Edouard Francisque • Jean Marie Chérestal

[edit] Sources

Bibliographie des Etudes littéraires haïtiennes 1804-1984 (Bibliography of Haitian literary Studies) by Léon-François Hoffmann, EDICEF/AUPELF, Vanves, 1992
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Haitian History)
Editions Richelieu, Univers Contemporain, Paris, 1973