Biography of Senator Lorrain Dehoux, a notable figure in Haitian history

 

 Biography of Senator Lorrain Dehoux, a notable figure in Haitian history:

 

Personal Background

• Full Name: Lorrain Dehoux
• Birth: October 8, 1880, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Death: September 15, 1976, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at the age of 95
• Family:
• Father: Dr. Jean Baptiste Dehoux, a physician
• Mother: Acéphie Janvier (sister of Louis-Joseph Janvier)
• Siblings: Ernest Dehoux, Clerva Dehoux

Political Career

• Lorrain Dehoux was a Haitian senator and a vocal critic of foreign intervention in Haiti.
• He notably opposed the U.S. occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.
• Dehoux condemned the Executive Agreement of August 7, 1933, signed between Haiti and the United States, which extended American financial control over Haiti. He argued that this agreement violated the Haitian Constitution and undermined national sovereignty.
• He described the occupation as suppressing civic action and forcing Haitians into "a silence of the grave" under martial law and censorship.
• His stance reflected a broader resistance among Haitian intellectuals and politicians against external domination and the erosion of democratic institutions.

 Professional Life

• Beyond politics, Dehoux was also an industrialist and coffee and banana exporter, contributing to Haiti’s economic development through private enterprise.
• He also authored an authoritative book on coffee in Haiti: Le problème du café

• Lorrain Dehoux
• H. Deschamps, 1933 - 23 pages

 References: https://books.google.ca/books/about/Le_probl%C3%A8me_du_caf%C3%A9.html?id=7IRYAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y