Jean-Jacob Jeudy place in Haiti post 1986's uprising which successfully forced Jean Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) to flee power. Jeudy attended State University of Haiti, Faculte des Sciences Humaines where he received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. In 1987, he became one of the youngest journalists to work at Radio Cacique, aged 17. In 1991, after the coup d'état against President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Jeudy was forced into hiding. In 1992, he joined another famous Haitian radio station, Radio Caraïbes, where he became director of news. In 1994, he was forced into exile in the United States. In 1996, he joined
François Duvalier December 1956, Magloire conceded defeat. The two frontrunners in the 1957 campaign for the presidency were Duvalier and Louis Déjoie, a landowner and industrialist from the north. During their campaigning, Haiti was ruled by five temporary administrations, none lasting longer than a few months. Duvalier promised to rebuild and renew the country and rural Haiti solidly supported him as did the military. He resorted to " populism, stoking the majority irritation at being governed by the few mulatto elite, which is how he described his opponent, Déjoie. François Duvalier was elected president on 22 September 1957. Duvalier received 679,884 votes