Sylvain Salnave

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Sylvain Salnave
In office
May 4, 1867 – December 27, 1869
Preceded by Fabre Geffrard
Succeeded by Nissage Saget
Born 1827
Died 1870

Sylvain Salnave (1827 - 1870) was a Haïtian general. He was the President of Haïti from 1867 to 1869. In 1867 he was elected president after he led the overthrow of President Fabre Geffrard. During his term there were constant civil wars between the various factions.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Rogozinski, Jan (1999). A Brief History of the Caribbean, Revised, New York: Facts on File, Inc., p. 220. ISBN 0-8160-3811-2. 
Preceded by
Fabre Geffrard		 President of Haïti
1867-1870		 Succeeded by
Nissage Saget
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Haitian Post-Imperial Heads of State (1859-1915)

Geffrard · Saget (provisional) · Salnave · Saget · Council of Secretaries of State · Domingue · Boisrond-Canal · Lamothe (provisional) · Salomon · Boisrond-Canal (provisional) · Légitime · Jeune (provisional) · Hyppolite · Simon Sam · Boisrond-Canal (provisional) · Alexis · Simon · Leconte · Auguste · Oreste · Zamor · Théodore · Guillaume Sam

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