Aviole Paul-Blanc Explained

Office1:	Member of Parliament
Term1:	1961–
Constituency1:	Hinche 1

Aviole Paul-Blanc, also known as Madame Ulrick Paul-Blanc, was a Haitian politician. She and Madame Max Adolphe were elected to Parliament in 1961, becoming the first female parliamentarians in Haiti.

Biography

Paul-Blanc was a candidate of National Unity Party in the first constituency of Hinche in the 1961 parliamentary elections. With the PUN being the only party to contest the election, she was returned unopposed to Parliament, becoming one of the first two female MPs alongside Madame Max Adolphe.^[1]

In 1975 she was arrested and jailed after a shipment of illegal arms in her name was uncovered. Her husband was also jailed and died in prison in July 1976.^[2] She was released in December 1976 as part of a Christmas amnesty.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015023/00158/1x First Women Deputies Sit In Unicameral
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nxqtsg1F2EsC&pg=PA88 Caribbean Refugee Crisis, Cubans and Haitians: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 12, 1980
3. Patrick Lemoine (2011) Fort-Dimanche, Dungeon of Death P154
4. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve11p1/d427 427. Telegram 3658 From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State