Louis Déjoie

Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie (23 February 1896 – 11 July 1969, Port-au-Prince, Haiti^[1][2]) was a wealthy Haitian sugar planter, industrialist, agricultural engineer, landowner and politician.^[3][4]

Early years

Déjoie was a descendant of a French slave-holder, and former Haitian President Fabre Geffrard, who overthrew the Faustin empire.^[3]

He ran for the Presidency against Francois Duvalier in 1957 Haitian general election. 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%.

References

1. Diederich, Bernard; Burt, Al (25 May 1972). Papa Doc: Haiti and its dictator. p. 82. ISBN 9780140034585. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
2. Haiti-Référence: Notables et Personalités - Pierre Joseph Louis Déjoie
3. Plummer, Brenda Gayle (1992). Haiti and the United States: The Psychological Moment. p. 168. ISBN 0820323829. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
4. Press, ed. (5 February 1959). "Jet". p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2015.