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1964

1964: Presidency for Life Declared: Duvalier declared himself President for Life, formalizing personalist dictatorship.

1964: Presidency for Life Declared: Duvalier declared himself President for Life, formalizing personalist dictatorship. Significance: Transformed the Haitian republic into a dynastic-style regime centered on one individual. Nuance: Trouillot stresses that legal formalization did not equate to ideological victory. The regime remained “morally on the defensive” even at its height. ( Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Haiti: State Against Nation (1990) p161-162)