📅 1915. Election of Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave under the vigilance of the American marines:
First president of the American occupation, his election by the National Assembly is due to his
flexible character and the acceptance of the conditions stipulated by the Americans. Its first
cabinet had five ministers:
Léon Déjean: External Relations and Cults
Louis Auguste Guillaume: Public Instruction
Louis Ethéart: Finance and Trade
Anthenor Rameau: Justice and Agriculture
Antoine Sansaricq: Interior and Public Works
📅 1959. Presidential decree prohibiting any activity by the National Union of Members of
Secondary Education:
A teachers' union, its members were accused of communist sympathy and being
responsible for numerous acts of terror registered in the capital, Port-au-Prince. his secretary
General, Father Etienne Greenenberger was expelled four days later.