Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie (23 February 1896 – 11 July 1969, Port-au-Prince, HaitiHaiti-Référence: Notables et Personalités - Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie
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Early years

Déjoie was a descendant of a French slave-holder, and former Haitian President

Fabre Geffrard Guillaume Fabre Nicolas Geffrard (19 September 1806 – 31 December 1878) was a mulatto general in the Haitian army and President of Haiti from 1859 until his deposition in 1867. On 18 April 1852, Faustin Soulouque made him Duke of Tabara. ...

, who overthrew the Faustin empire. He ran for the Presidency against Francois Duvalier in

1957 Haitian general election General elections were held in Haiti on 22 September 1957. Former Minister of Labour François Duvalier won the presidential election running under the National Unity Party banner, defeating Louis Déjoie, as well as independent moderate Clem ...

. His party only won 2 of the 37 seats in the country's Chamber of Deputies, and he received only 26.6% of the vote to Duvalier's 72.4%.

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1896 births 1969 deaths Candidates for President of Haiti 20th-century Haitian businesspeople Haitian anti-communists Haitian exiles Haitian people of French descent Haitian people of Mulatto descent {{Haiti-bio-stub