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Noun: Duvalier  dû'val,yey or dû'va-lee,ey
  1. Son and successor of François Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
    - Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc
     
  2. Oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
    - François Duvalier, Papa Doc

Type of: dictator, potentate

Encyclopedia: Duvalier