Franck Romain was a Duvalierist political figure who served as Mayor of Port-au-Prince under Jean-Claude Duvalier.
He is documented in the vault through Wilentz's The Rainy Season as one of the key organizers of transition-era violence in 1987–1988: a figure barred from formal electoral competition by the 1987 constitution but able to direct Macoute networks from outside official power, and then reinstated to office during the sham Manigat presidency, from which position he is attributed by W...