What is Prosper Avril?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Prosper Avril | order = | office = [[List of heads of state of Haiti|36th]] [[President of Haiti]] | term_start = September 17, 1988 | term_end = March 10, 1990<ref>{{cite web| title=MAJOR CHANGES IN HAITI'S RECENT HISTORY| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/world/major-changes-in-haiti-s-recent-history.html| publisher=New York Times| date=March 11, 1990| access-date=March 7, 2011}}</ref> | primeminister = | predecessor = [[Henri Namphy]] | successor = [[Hérard Abraham]] | office2 = [[List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti|Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti]] | president2 = ''Himself'' | term_start2 = September 19, 1988 | term_end2 = March 10, 1990 | predecessor2 = Carl-Michel Nicholas | successor2 = [[Herard Abraham]] | office3 = Member of the Provisional Government of Haiti | president3 = [[Henri Namphy]] | term_start3 = February 7, 1987 | term_end3 = March 21, 1987 | birth_name = Matthieu Prosper Avril | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|12}} | birth_place = [[Thomazeau]], [[Haiti]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Haitian | party = | spouse = Marie-Ange Nazon | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = }} '''Matthieu Prosper Avril''' (born December 12, 1937) is a [[Haiti]]an politician. He was [[President of Haiti]] from 1988 to 1990. Avril led the [[September 1988 Haitian coup d'état]] against a transition military government installed after [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]]'s 1986 overthrow. Avril was president until March 1990. He was arrested under human rights violation in 2001, but released in March 2004 after the [[2004 Haitian coup d'état]] overthrew [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Avril, Prosper}} [[Category:Presidents of Haiti]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:1937 births]] [[Catego