Simone Duvalier imperious bearing, Haitians referred to her as "Mama Doc". She was, like her husband, reported to be a Vodou expert. She cultivated the image of a benefactor; dispensing charity to inhabitants of "Cite Simone", a planned settlement named for her that is known today as Cité Soleil, one of the most miserable slums in Latin America. Simone Duvalier's influence reached its peak after the death of her husband on 21 April 1971, when her nineteen-year-old son Jean-Claude Duvalier succeeded his father as Haiti's "President for Life". Simone Duvalier retained the title of First Lady, and relished the power it conferred.
Jean-Claude Kebabdjian in 1980 the Armenian picture book "Arménie 1900", written by French historian Yves Ternon, with pictures of the CRDA. "Arménie 1900" has been republished in 2009 by HC Editions under the title "L'Arménie d'antan". Jean-Claude Kebabdjian was also the director of the review "Ani, cahiers arméniens" (5 issues – 1986, 1987, 1998, 1994), dedicated to armenology. The review was successful and received many contributions of prominent specialists, historians and intellectuals. In 1981, Jean-Claude Kebabdjian co-founded the Groupement Interprofessionnel Arménien that later became Groupement Interprofessionnel International Arménien (G2IA). Jean-Claude Kebabdjian is the author of "Turquie-Europe : le dialogue des intellectuels est-il