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Lysius Salomon

1815–188873 yrspost-independenceLast Updated · Apr 23, 2026

Lysius Salomon — known during the Boyer period as "Salomon jeune" (Salomon the younger) — was a leading figure of the National Party and president of Haiti from 1879 to 1888.

He is treated in nicholls-from-dessalines-to-duvalier-ch-notes as one of the central political protagonists of the Liberal versus National Party era and as an early representative of the noiriste political tradition.

TimelineAcross the historical record.

  1. 1946-01

    Revolution of 1946

    of-1946 — The 1946 noiriste opening drew on the same tradition of black political assertion that Salomon had represented in the 19th century.