Tancrède Auguste

Jean Antoine Auguste Tancrède ( born March 16, 1856 in Cap- Haïtien; † May 3, 1913 in Port -au -Prince ) was a Haitian general, politician, and President of Haiti.

Biography

Military and political career

After the school joined the army Auguste and there rose to become a general. In 1886 he was a signatory of a contract with the government of Lysius Salomon, who made ​​the construction of the naval port of Petit Goave -.

Later he was 1889-1902 several times Minister of Interior and Police in the governments of Presidents Florvil Hyppolite and Tiresias Simon Sam, whose close advisor and personal friend he was.

From March 24 to March 31, 1896 Auguste was with Simon and Sam Solon Menos member of the Council of Secretaries of State ( Conseil d'État of Secrétaires ) of a transitional government after the death of President Hyppolite until the inauguration of President Simon Sam was formed, whose government he again listened as interior minister.

Following the resignation of President Simon Sam he fled on May 24, 1902, using the American Minister WF Powell on a steamboat to Jamaica so as to avoid the feared attacks of his opponents.

After his return to Haiti, he was in the government of President Pierre Nord Alexis again Minister of the Interior and Police.

President from 1912 to 1913

Immediately after the death of President Cincinnatus Leconte, who was killed in an explosion at the Presidential Palace in Port-au -Prince, Augusta was elected by the National Assembly on August 8, 1912 President of Haiti. His predecessor left him a well-organized government, most of which he ministers Reserve left in office. In particular, Minister of Education Tertullien Guilbaud was thus able to continue the expansion of community schools with the help of the Roman Catholic Church. Auguste died on May 3, 1912 a visit to the North of Haiti. His successor was initially the Council of Secretaries of State with the members Baufossé Laroche, Seymour Pradel, Jacques Nicolas Léger, Tertullien Guilbaud, Edmond Lespinasse and Guatimosin Boco, before finally, on May 12, 1912 Senator Michel Oreste by the National Assembly by 72 votes to 24, the new was elected president. Already at the funeral, there was a dispute between General and Senator Oreste Deflys to succeed.

His grandson was the famous writer and politician Jacques Roumain.