Tancrède Auguste, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Haiti
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Place of Birth: Cap-Haïtien, Nord, Haiti
About Tancrède Auguste
- Joseph Antoine Tancrède Auguste (March 16, 1856 – May 2, 1913) as the 20th President of Haiti from August 8, 1912 until his death in office on May 2, 1913.
- He assumed the presidency the day that Cincinnatus Leconte died in office from a massive explosion that destroyed the presidential palace.
- Auguste served in this capacity for less than one year, as he became ill and died while traveling in the north of the country in early May 1913.
- It is widely believed by some sources that he was the victim of poisoning.
- He was the grandfather of Haitian writer Jacques Roumain.
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