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{{Villain_Infobox |Image =Jean-Claude_Duvalier.jpg |fullname = Jean-Claude Duvalier |alias = Baby Doc |origin =Port-au-Prince, Haiti |occupation = President of Haiti (1971 - 1986) |type of villain = Dictator / [[Kleptocracy|Kleptocrat]] |goals = |crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Human rights abuses<br>[[Embezzlement]]<br>Corruption<br>[[Animal cruelty]]<br>Mass starvation<br>Cronyism<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Terrorism]] |hobby = }}'''Jean-Claude Duvalier''', nicknamed '''"Baby Doc"''' (3 July 1951Ā ā 4 October 2014), was a Haitian politician who was theĀ President of HaitiĀ from 1971 until he was overthrown by aĀ popular uprisingĀ in February 1986. He succeeded his fatherĀ [[FranƧois Duvalier]]Ā as the ruler ofĀ HaitiĀ after his death in 1971. After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors. Thousands of Haitians were killed or tortured, and hundreds of thousands fled the country during his presidency.Ā He maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle (including a state-sponsoredĀ US$āÆ2Ā million wedding in 1980) while poverty among his people remained the most widespread of any country in theĀ Western Hemisphere. Relations with the United States improved after Duvalier's ascension to the presidency, and later deteriorated under theĀ Carter administration, only to again improve underĀ Ronald ReaganĀ due to the strongĀ anti-communistĀ stance of the Duvaliers. Rebellion against the Duvalier regime broke out in 1985 and Baby Doc fled to France in 1986 on a U.S. Air Force flight. Duvalier unexpectedly returned to Haiti on 16 January 2011, after two decades in self-imposed [[exile]] in France. The following day, he was arrested byĀ Haitian police, facing possible charges for embezzlement. On 18 January, Duvalier was charged withĀ corruption.Ā On 28 February 2013, Duvalier pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights abuse.Ā He died of a heart attack on 4 October 2014, at the age of 63.
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