Jean-Fernand Brierre his exile in 1962, after nine months of prison under the regime of François Duvalier. He lived most of his exile in Senegal, and returned to Haiti after the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier, the son. Brierre died in Port-au-Prince on the night of December 24 to 25, 1992, at the age of 83. Jean-François Brierre remains with Etzer Vilaire, as one of the most famous poets of Jérémie; nicknamed "The City of Poets." Jean-Fernand Brierre Jean-Fernand Brierre (23 September 1909 – 1992) was a Haitian poet, dramatist, journalist, and diplomat. He is recognized "as one of the most brilliant Haitian
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