Daniel Fignolé

haiti, president, labor leader, mop, working class

Born Nov 11, 1913

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Passed Away Aug 27, 1986 Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Lifespan 72 years old

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"When the working people unite their voices, no fortress of privilege can withstand their march."

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Legendary labor leader, mathematics professor, founder of the MOP, and provisional President of Haiti in 1957.

Biographical Record

Pierre Eustache Daniel Fignolé was a charismatic educator, labor champion, and orator whose popularity among the working-class masses of Port-au-Prince was unprecedented.

Founding the Mouvement Ouvrier Paysan (MOP), the largest political and labor movement in Haitian history, Fignolé could summon hundreds of thousands of dockworkers and slum dwellers into the streets (known as 'le rouleau compresseur').

Appointed provisional President of Haiti in May 1957 amidst political crisis, he governed for only nineteen days before being overthrown in a military coup orchestrated by General Antonio Kébreau and forced into nineteen years of exile.

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Final Resting Place

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Port-au-Prince Cemetery
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

                         GPS: 18.5392, -72.3364                    

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