1913-10-04
Martial Célestin, who would be Haiti’s first prime minister, is born at Ganthier
Haitian
Martial Lavaud Célestin was born at Ganthier on 4 October 1913. A lawyer and a teacher, he was named prime minister by President Leslie Manigat in February 1988, the first person to hold the office created by the 1987 Constitution. The coup of 20 June 1988 removed him. He died in Port-au-Prince on 4 February 2011, aged ninety-seven.
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