Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau (; November 11, 1909 – January 11, 1963) was Chairman of the Military Council (French: Président du Conseil militaire) that made him provisional head of state of the Republic of Haiti from 14 June – 22 October 1957. His short reign followed that of Daniel Fignolé and preceded that of

François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haiti, Haitian politician and Haitian Vodou, Vodouisant who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 195 ...

. During his rule, soldiers under Kébreau's rule massacred rioting Fignolé supporters. Prior to his short tenure as head of state, Kébreau played a part in ousting interim president Daniel Fignolé and sending him into exile. According to Bernard Diederich in his book ''Papa Doc,'' Kébreau believed himself to be the real power behind Duvalier, as a military leader. In order to assert who really had the power, Duvalier had him sent to a diplomatic post and relieved him of his domestic duties. Kébreau took this as a threat and fled to the Dominican Republic seeking asylum, before eventually going abroad and taking up his diplomatic post. Kébreau was appointed as the Haitian ambassador to

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and the

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. He died suddenly on January 13, 1963. Allegedly, he was poisoned on Duvalier's orders.HAITI: Fignole Falls
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1909 births 1963 deaths Haitian anti-communists Haitian generals 1950s in Haiti Politicians from Port-au-Prince 20th-century Haitian politicians {{Haiti-politician-stub Politicide perpetrators 20th-century diplomats Ambassadors of Haiti to Italy Brigadier generals Ambassadors of Haiti to the Holy See