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Faustin Soulouque

1782 - 1867

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Faustin-Élie Soulouque (French pronunciation: [fostɛ̃ eli suluk]; 15 August 1782 – 3 August 1867) was a Haitian politician and military commander who served as President of Haiti from 1847 to 1849 and Emperor of Haiti from 1849 to 1859. Soulouque was a general in the Haitian Army when he was appointed President of Haiti. He acquired autocratic powers, purged the army of the ruling elite, installed black loyalists in administrative positions and the nobility, and created a secret police and private army. Soulouque was an enthusiastic vodouisant, maintaining a staff of bokors and manbos, and gave the stigmatized vodou religion semi-official status which was openly practiced in Port-au-Prince. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faustin Soulouque is the 8,914th most popular politician (down from 8,826th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Haiti and the 10th most popular Haitian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Faustin Soulouque ranks 8,914 out of 19,576. Before him are Prithvirajsing Roopun, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, False Dmitry III, Liu Bocheng, Heonjong of Goryeo, and Emperor Kōmyō. After him are Sigobert the Lame, Yin Lihua, Peng Zhen, Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia, Wei Zifu, and Ealhmund of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Faustin Soulouque ranks 23. Before him are Eugène de Mazenod, Princess Marie of Baden, John C. Calhoun, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, and Marcellin Marbot. After him are Esaias Tegnér, Georg August Goldfuss, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Conrad Graf, and Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1867, Faustin Soulouque ranks 28. Before him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Miguel Miramón, and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse. After him are Takasugi Shinsaku, Jean Pierre Flourens, Armand Trousseau, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, August Böckh, and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Faustin Soulouque ranks 16 out of 94. Before him are Jeanne Duval (1820), Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Ariel Henry (1949), Anacaona (1474), Leslie Manigat (1930), and Frankétienne (1936). After him are Jean Lafitte (1776), Boniface Alexandre (1936), Emmanuel Sanon (1951), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Henri Namphy (1932), and Silvio Cator (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Haiti

Among politicians born in Haiti, Faustin Soulouque ranks 10. Before him are Alexandre Pétion (1770), Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776), Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Ariel Henry (1949), Anacaona (1474), and Leslie Manigat (1930). After him are Boniface Alexandre (1936), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Henri Namphy (1932), Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc (1756), Pedro Santana (1801), and Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789).

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