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Haiti News Media > Haiti News > Riviere Herard - Haitian President Riviere Herard, Haitian President Riviére Hérard (b. Port-au-Prince, February 16, 1789- d. Kingston, August 31, 1850)
Provisional President : April 4, 1843-December 30, 1843
President: December31, 1843-May 3, 1844
Charles Hérard aîné aka Rivière was an ancient battalion chief during the war of independence. He was also the chief of the movement to overthrow Boyer. On December 30, 1843, a new Constitution was ratified: the presidency-for-life was abolished and a four-year term replaced it. General Hérard proclaimed himself Chef d’Exécution des Volontés du Peuple and soon afterward was named President of the Republic.
The new Constitution was fiercely attacked by the President, the army, and the opposition alike. President Rivière Hérard, judging it too restrictive, dissolved the Parliament on March 30, 1844.
The Manifeste de Praslin had assigned am important place to education; therefore, a ministry of education was created in January 1844.
In March 1844, an armed peasant movement calling itself L’Armée Souffrante and headed by General Jean-Jacques Acaau, started gathering at Camp-Perrin, near the city of Les Cayes. Thousands of peasant armed with pikes, which is why they are referred to as the Piquets, defeated the government troops at the beginning of April 1844. Finally, they were stopped at Aquin on their way to Port-au-Prince.
Boyer’s exit saw a strengthening of the pro-independence forces in the eastern part of the republic (Santo Domingo). On the night of February 27, 1844, they occupied the most important positions in the capital city and the next day, they proclaimed the Dominican Republic’s independence after the capitulation of the Haitian garrison in Santo Domingo.
President Hérard, commanding an army of 25,000 troops, tried to reverse the situation. On March 10, 1844, he marched against the new Dominicans. Ten days later, he entered Azua. Defeated after a month, he returned to Haiti, where the political situation was deteriorating. Facing the Acaau rebellion in the South and a secession in the North joined by opponents in Port-au-Prince, he was removed from power on May 3, 1844. He embarked for exile a month later on June, 2 1844.
Written by Max Manigat in "Leaders of Haiti"
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