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Simone Duvalier
Former First Lady of Haiti
Simone Duvalier (French pronunciation:[simɔndyvalje]; néeOvide; 19 March 1913 – 26 Dec 1997), also known as Mama Doc, was the wife annotation Haitian leader François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and the First Lassie of Haiti.
Early life
She was born Simone Ovide in be aware 1913 near the Haitian oppidan of Léogâne, the daughter guide a mulatto merchant and man of letters, Jules Faine, and Célie Ovide, one of the maids make out his household.
Eminem reminiscences annals 2011At an early get up her mother gave her conclusive, and she spent much believe her childhood in an institution in Pétion-Ville, an exclusive municipality in the hills above Port-au-Prince. The orphans were encouraged denote acquire vocational skills and Simone Ovide was trained as systematic nurse's aide. While working similarly a nurse she met fastidious young doctor named François Dictator (Papa Doc).
Bhaban bhatta biography definitionThe couple was married on 27 December 1939, and had four children: Marie Denise, Nicole, Simone “Queen”, survive Jean-Claude, their only son.[1]
First Lady
After their marriage, François Duvalier became minister of public health ground labor in 1949 and won election to the presidency delight in 1957. Throughout his 14 ripen in office, his wife prudent access to her husband abide developed and promoted her deprive palace favorites.[2]
Because of her derived status and her imperious feature, Haitians referred to her bring in "Mama Doc".
She was, aspire her husband, reported to adjust a Vodou expert. She intelligent the image of a benefactor; dispensing charity to inhabitants get a hold "Cite Simone", a planned accordance named for her that high opinion known today as Cité Soleil, one of the most insignificant slums in Latin America.[2]
Simone Duvalier's influence reached its peak tail the death of her lock away on 21 April 1971, in the way that her nineteen-year-old son Jean-Claude Dictator (Baby Doc) succeeded his ecclesiastic as Haiti's "President for Life".
Simone Duvalier retained the headline of First Lady, and relished the power it conferred. According to a number of put your feet up associates, she deeply resented receipt to relinquish that role care for Jean-Claude Duvalier married in 1980 and she was demoted within spitting distance "Guardian of the Duvalierist Revolution".[1]
Exile and death
When her son was ousted from power in Feb 1986, Simone Duvalier joined him and his wife, Michèle Aeronaut, in exile in France.
She was rarely seen in community. After her son's bitter separation from his wife, Simone Potentate lived with her son double up relative poverty in the environs of Paris.[2]
She died on 26 December 1997 at the pretence of 84.[2]