Septimus Rameau

Septimus Rameau (1826-1876) was a Haitian politician and vice president[1] who was viewed as the power behind the 1874-1876 presidency of Michel Domingue.

Rameau was born on September 19, 1826.[2] Rameau was Domingue's nephew.[3][2] Domingue, who was primarily a soldier, had neither the stature nor the tact of a statesman.[3] He therefore issued a decree on September 10, 1874, appointing Rameau to manage public functions as the Vice President of the Council of Secretaries of State.[3] Septimus Rameau thus became the true ruler of Haiti.[3][2] Rameau was dictatorial and domineering by nature, while Michel Domingue was more of a figurehead.[3] He was Minister of Finance in 1871.[4]

In connection with the Boisrond-Canal Affair, Generals Brice and Pierre Monplaisir Pierre were killed.[3] Septimus Rameau was accused of being responsible for the deaths of the two generals, as well as a controversial proposed loan with France.[3] He was assassinated on a street in Port-au-Prince on April 15, 1876.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ Marshall, Harriet Gibbs (1930). "The Story of Haiti: From the Discovery of the Island by Christopher Columbus to the Present Day". Christopher Publishing House.
  2. ^ a b c Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploërmel (1958). Manuel d'Histoire D'Haïti (in French). H. Deschamps. p. 258.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Léger, Jacques Nicolas (1907). Haiti, Her History and Her Detractors. Neale Publishing Company. pp. 223–226. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Liste des titulaires du Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances de Janvier 1804 à nos jours". mefhaiti.gouv.ht. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012.
  5. ^ Bellegarde, Dantès (1953). Histoire du peuple haïtien, 1492-1952 (in French). Held. p. 187.