Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau

Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau ( born November 11, 1909 in Port-au -Prince, † January 13, 1963 ) was a Haitian general, politician, and President of Haiti.

Biography

After school he began a military career and was after enrolling at the Military Academy in 1930 worked as an officer. In 1957 he was promoted to colonel.

As the highest-ranking officer, he led a bloody coup against the interim president Daniel Fignolé. Kebreau was the successor Fignolés on June 14, 1957 Chairman of the Military Government Council ( Conseil Militaire du Gouvernement ) and thus also President of Haiti. The Military Government was still next to him from Colonel Émile Zamor and Colonel Adrien Valville.

On October 22, 1957, he gave the clearly emerged from the presidential election with 70 percent of the vote as election winner François Duvalier president and led by a nearly 30 - year dictatorship of the Duvalier family.

Subsequently, he was appointed as Ambassador of Duvalier. Rumor Kebreau was murdered by poison in order Duvalier.