Duvalier
Americannoun
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François Papa Doc, 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
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his son Jean-Claude Baby Doc, 1951–2014, Haitian political leader: president 1971–86.
noun
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François (frɑ̃swa), known as Papa Doc. 1907–71, president of Haiti (1957–71)
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his son, Jean-Claude (ʒɑ̃klod), known as Baby Doc. born 1951, Haitian statesman; president of Haiti 1971–86; deposed; lived in exile in France before returning to Haiti in 2011
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Unlike past dictators such as Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines or Haiti’s Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Maduro has limited options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
These may include African despots as well as someone like Jean-Claude Duvalier, better known as Baby Doc, from the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2024
By the 1960s, the Egyptian was a wealthy man who was wheeling and dealing with everyone from Arab sheiks to Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's notorious dictator.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
A revolutionary who opposed the brutal Duvalier dictatorship, Cassagnol later immigrated to the United States in 1960s to keep his family safe.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
It was just after you were kidnapped and taken to the Dominican Republic that the dictator Jean- Claude Duvalier was finally persuaded to leave our Haiti.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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