Louis Borno
| Louis Borno | |
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| President of Haiti | |
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In office 15 May 1922 – 15 May 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave |
| Succeeded by | Louis Eugène Roy |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Commerce | |
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In office 20 June 1918 – 19 December 1918 |
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| President | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave |
| Preceded by | Edmond Dupuy (Foreign Affairs) Edmond Héreaux (Finance and Commerce) |
| Succeeded by | Constantin Benoit (Foreign Affairs) Fleury Féquière (Finance and Commerce) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Education | |
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In office 9 May 1916 – 17 April 1917 |
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| President | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave |
| Preceded by |
Himself (Foreign Affairs and Public Education) Etienne Dornéval (Worship) |
| Succeeded by | Furcy Châtelain (Foreign Affairs) Osmin Cham (Worship) Périclès Tessier (Public Education) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Public Works | |
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In office 29 January 1916 – 2 May 1916 |
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| President | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave |
| Preceded by |
Himself (Foreign Affairs and Public Education)) Jean-Baptiste Dartigue (Public Works) |
| Succeeded by |
Himself (Foreign Affairs and Public Education) Constant Vieux (Public Works) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education | |
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In office 9 September 1915 – 29 January 1916 |
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| President | Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave |
| Preceded by | Horace Pauleus Sannon |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice | |
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In office 12 December 1914 – 16 February 1915 |
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| President | Joseph Davilmar Théodore |
| Preceded by | Justin Joseph |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cadet Jérémie |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship | |
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In office 14 March 1908 – 6 December 1908 |
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| President | Pierre Nord Alexis |
| Preceded by | Horace Pauleus Sannon |
| Succeeded by | J. J. F. Magny |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 September 1865 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Died | 29 July 1942 (aged 76) Pétion-Ville, Haiti |
| Nationality | Haitian |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Hélène Saint-Macary |
| Children | Madeleine Brun née Borno, Henri Borno, Simone Armand née Borno |
| Profession | Lawyer, journalist |
Eustache Antoine Francois Joseph Louis Borno (September 20, 1865 – July 29, 1942) was a lawyer and Haitian politician who served as President of Haiti from 1922 to 1930 during the period of the American occupation of Haiti (1915–34).
Borno was of mixed race, the son of a white French father and a black Haitian mother. Encouraged by his parents, he went to Paris for his college education, earning a law degree in 1890 at the Faculty of Paris. He became part of the professional mixed-race elite in Haiti, setting up a law practice on his return.
In 1899, Borno served as a diplomat in the Dominican Republic. In 1908, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for President Pierre Nord Alexis.
The country of Haiti was looked upon as a strategically vital location by the United States at the onset of World War I. The U.S. had extended its influence throughout the Caribbean and Latin America following the construction of the Panama Canal by invoking the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
In 1914, the United States under President Woodrow Wilson presented a project for the control of customs and finances of Haiti, which was having increasing problems in repaying debts to the US and France. Borno, then Foreign Minister of President Joseph Davilmar Théodore, refused to cede financial control. The United States responded by confiscating the reserves of the National Bank of Haiti.
On 28 July 1915, a Haitian mob killed President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam in the legation of France, where he had taken refuge after having ordered the execution of nearly 200 political prisoners, most from the mixed-race elite. The same day, U.S. troops landed in the country, restoring order to Port-au-Prince. They organized the election of a new president, Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave, and immediately imposed a US protectorate. Borno, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, negotiated a U.S. commitment to the economic development of the country and refused to transfer any territory.
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