Charles Haentjens Explained

Charles Haentjens
Term Start1:	8 July 1873
Term End1:	21 July 1874
Predecessor1:	Octavius Rameau
Successor1:	Raoul Excellent
Birth Date:	1821 11, df=yes
Spouse:	Marie Anne Euphrosine Lynch
Nationality:	Haitian

Charles Borromée Haentjens (born 27 November 1821 - 21 July 1874), was a Haitian diplomat and politician.

Biography

Haentjens was the son of a merchant named Charles Christian Haëntjens, whose family moved to Nantes. Charles Haentjens returned to Paris in diplomacy as the Secretary of the Legation of Haiti from 1859 to 1863,^[1] where he conducted business from 1863 to 1864.^[1]

He was made State Secretary of Finance, Trade and External Relations of Haiti in 1871,^[2] then from 1873 to 1874. His son, Clément Haentjens also followed a diplomatic career and would be the State Secretary of Agriculture and Public Works.

External links

• François Blancpain, Un siècle de relations financières entre Haïti et la France : 1825-1922, 2001
• Revue de la Société haïtienne d'histoire et de géographie, Volumes 170 à 180, 1991
• Antoine Michel, La XIVe législature ..., 1932
• Armelle Pouliquen, Histoire et généalogie de la famille Haentjens de Nantes, 1620-1999

Notes and References

1. http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/mss30.pdf Maximilien Collection 1847-1933 (pg. 1, 21)
2. Web site: Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 1594 . 469 . Press . 1874 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 15 October 2015.