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Faustin Soulouque

1782 - 1867

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Faustin-Élie Soulouque (French pronunciation: [fostɛ̃ eli suluk]; 15 August 1782 – 3 August 1867) was a Haitian politician and military commander who served as President of Haiti from 1847 to 1849 and Emperor of Haiti from 1849 to 1859.Soulouque was a general in the Haitian Army when he was appointed President of Haiti. He acquired autocratic powers, purged the army of the ruling elite, installed black loyalists in administrative positions and the nobility, and created a secret police and private army. Soulouque was an enthusiastic vodouisant, maintaining a staff of bokors and manbos, and gave the stigmatized vodou religion semi-official status which was openly practiced in Port-au-Prince. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faustin Soulouque has received more than 266,434 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Faustin Soulouque is the 7,665th most popular politician (up from 8,795th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Haiti (up from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Haitian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Faustin Soulouque ranks 7,665 out of 15,577Before him are Mangas Coloradas, Muwatalli I, William II, Duke of Apulia, John, Constable of Portugal, Rædwald of East Anglia, and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau. After him are Bernhard Förster, Li Yu, T. V. Soong, Fan Ye, Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and Alexander Mach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Faustin Soulouque ranks 19Before him are Vicente Guerrero, William Miller, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, and John C. Calhoun. After him are Marcellin Marbot, Pierre Berthier, Robert Morrison, Princess Marie of Baden, Eugène de Mazenod, and Esaias Tegnér. Among people deceased in 1867, Faustin Soulouque ranks 26Before him are Giovanni Pacini, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. After him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Armand Trousseau, Miguel Miramón, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, and James Ferguson.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Faustin Soulouque ranks 11 out of 80Before him are John James Audubon (1785), Alexandre Pétion (1770), Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762), René Préval (1943), Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951), and Jeanne Duval (1820). After him are Anacaona (1474), Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc (1756), Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Leslie Manigat (1930), and Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789).

Among POLITICIANS In Haiti

Among politicians born in Haiti, Faustin Soulouque ranks 6Before him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758), Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776), Alexandre Pétion (1770), René Préval (1943), and Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951). After him are Anacaona (1474), Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc (1756), Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Jovenel Moïse (1968), Leslie Manigat (1930), and Charles Rivière-Hérard (1789).