1957-Oct.
1957-Oct.: President Duvalier appointed Père Jean-Baptiste Georges as the secretary of state for education in his first cabinet.
1957-Oct.: President Duvalier appointed Père Jean-Baptiste Georges as the secretary of state for education in his first cabinet. This choice was intended to signal support for native Haitian clergy and ease tensions with the Catholic hierarchy.
Source · p. 221
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 221