In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.

François Duvalier

President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971

François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and Vodouisant who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a…