Duvalier

[ doo-vahl-yey; French dy-va-lyey ]

noun

1. François [frah, n, -, swa], Papa Doc, 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
2. his son Jean-Claude [zhah, n, -, klohd], Baby Doc, 1951–2014, Haitian political leader: president 1971–86.

Duvalier

/ dyvalje /

noun

1. DuvalierFrançois19071971MHaitianPOLITICS: head of state François (frɑ̃swa), known as Papa Doc. 1907–71, president of Haiti (1957–71)
2. DuvalierJean-Claude1951MHaitianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state his son, Jean-Claude (ʒɑ̃klod), known as Baby Doc. born 1951, Haitian statesman; president of Haiti 1971–86; deposed; lived in exile in France before returning to Haiti in 2011

Example Sentences

“I was born in ’86, right after the end of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s dictatorship in Haiti,” Mathieu said in a video interview.

From New York Times

The younger Duvalier was forced into exile in 1986, but gangs have continued to exert varying degrees of power, sometimes shielded and encouraged by the politicians with whom they forged alliances.

From BBC

These may include African despots as well as someone like Jean-Claude Duvalier, better known as Baby Doc, from the Caribbean nation of Haiti.

From Salon

By the 1960s, the Egyptian was a wealthy man who was wheeling and dealing with everyone from Arab sheiks to Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's notorious dictator.

From BBC

A revolutionary who opposed the brutal Duvalier dictatorship, Cassagnol later immigrated to the United States in 1960s to keep his family safe.

From Seattle Times