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Duvalier, Francois(Papa Doc)
1907 - Francois Duvalier was born in Port-au-Prince on the 14th of April.
1934 - He served in Hospitals and clinics, specializing in the treatment of the tropical disease yaws.
1939 - He was married to Simone Ovide.
1946-1950 - He was director general of the National Public Health Service and secretary of labor.
1946 - He became director general of the national health service.
1949 - He served as minister of both health and labor.
1950 - He led the resistance to President Paul Eugene Magloire.
1957 - He was the President of Haiti.
1959 - He formed a personal militia known as the Voluntary Militia for National Security.
1961 - He rewrote the constitution and staged a single-candidate sham election.
1964 - He was later declared himself as president for life.
1966 - He persuaded the Vatican to allow him to nominate the Catholic hierarchy for Haiti.
1971 - He died on the 21st of April.
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