Prosper Avril was born December 12, 1937, in Thomazeau village, near Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. He served as President from September 17, 1988 to March 10, 1990. He was arrested in 2001, shortly after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected President, for plotting against the state, but was freed when Aristide was ousted in February 2004.