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| | A short history of Haiti |
 | | In 1988 the christian democrat Leslie-François Manigat of the christian-democratic Rassemblement Démocratique Progressiste et National (National and Progressive Democratic Rally, RDPN) is elected in military-run elections boycotted by most candidates. |
 | | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot becomes provisional president and at the end of the year the elections are won by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a charismatic roman catholic priest, leader of the Front National pour le Changement et la Démocratie (National Front for Change and Democracy, FNCD). |
 | | In 1811 Christophe proclaims himself king, reigning as Henri I, but after his suicide in 1820 Haiti is reunited under Pétion's successor Jean Pierre Boyer, president until 1843. |
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