Michel Oreste Explained

Michel Oreste
Office:21st President of Haiti
Term Start:May 4, 1913
Term End:January 27, 1914
Predecessor:Tancrède Auguste
Successor:Oreste Zamor
Office2:Senator for the Ouest department
Term Start2:May 17, 1912
Term End2:May 4, 1913
Office3:Member of the Provisional Government of Haiti
Term Start3:May 14, 1902
Term End3:May 26, 1902
Birth Name:Michel Oreste-Lafontant
Birth Date:8 April 1859
Birth Place:Jacmel, Haiti
Death Place:New York City, United States
Spouse:Alice Euchariste Pommeyrac
Occupation:Lawyer

Michel Oreste Lafontant (April 8, 1859 – October 29, 1918) served as president of Haiti from May 1913 to January 1914. He was a reformist toppled by forces loyal to landowner elites such as his successor Oreste Zamor. He died in exile in New York City on 28 October 1918.