Duvalier

[doo-vahl-yey, dy-va-lyey]

noun

1. François Papa Doc, 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.

2. his son Jean-Claude Baby Doc, 1951–2014, Haitian political leader: president 1971–86.

Duvalier

/ dyvalje /

noun

1. François (frɑ̃swa), known as Papa Doc. 1907–71, president of Haiti (1957–71)

2. 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

Example Sentences

“I was born in ’86, right after the end of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s dictatorship in Haiti,” Mathieu said in a video interview.

From New York Times

The younger Duvalier was forced into exile in 1986, but gangs have continued to exert varying degrees of power, sometimes shielded and encouraged by the politicians with whom they forged alliances.

From BBC

Back in those days, folks in Washington, DC happily embraced dictators like Duvalier and Marcos because of their strong stances against communism.

From Salon

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

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