Prosper Avril (born 1939) was a Haitian army officer who rose through the Duvalier-era military, served in a financial advisory role to the Duvalier family during Jean-Claude's final years, and emerged as Haiti's ruler following the September 17, 1988 counter-coup against General Henri Namphy.
His eighteen-month rule extended the army-Macoute continuity of the post-Duvalier transition through repression of the popular democratic movement, delaying a genuine political opening until his own for...