1. Michel Domingue graduated from military training and became commander of army units in Sud.
11 Facts About Michel Domingue
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Michel Domingue was appointed Vice President of the provisional government of Nissage Saget in 1869.
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On 11 June 1874, General Domingue was elected for a term of eight years as president of Haiti.
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Michel Domingue, who was primarily a soldier, had neither the stature nor the tact of a statesman.
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Michel Domingue therefore issued a decree on 10 September 1874 appointing Septimus Rameau to manage public functions as the Vice-President of the Council of Secretaries of State.
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Rameau was dictatorial and domineering by nature, while Michel Domingue was more of a figurehead.
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Michel Domingue tried to negotiate a loan with France, which would strain Haitian finances for years.
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Finally, corruption and fraud were so great that Michel Domingue issued a decree, dated 15 May 1875, for the arrest of Generals Brice, Pierre Monplaisir Pierre, and Pierre Theoma Boisrond-Canal, his political opponent.
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Michel Domingue took refuge at the embassy of the United States, causing a diplomatic crisis between Haiti and the United States.
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Michel Domingue was himself assassinated on a street in Port-au-Prince.
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Michel Domingue resigned on 15 April 1876 and went into exile in Kingston, Jamaica, where he died a year later.