Philippe Guerrier

Jean-Jacques Louis Philippe Guerrier (1773–1845) was a career officer and general in the Haitian Army who became President of Haïti on May 3, 1844. He died in office on April15, 1845.

A respected soldier, Guerrier had successfully commanded the southern black army during the Haitian Revolution. After Haiti became independent, he retired from active service and became a plantation owner. King Henry I gave him the hereditary title of Duke of l'Avancé.

In 1844, discontent erupted among rural farmers and cultivaters over economic conditions within the country. These disaffected groups formed bands of armed men known as "piquets". The piquets were gradually brought under the command of a former army officer, Louis Jean-Jacques Acaau, who used them to disrupt government control over the south of Haiti. Eventually with their increasing success, the piquets acquired political aspirations. The foremost of these were the dismantling of mulatto power over the government and a return to black rule. These goals were believed to have been met when in May 1844, President Rivière-Hérard was removed from office by the mulatto hierarchy and replaced with the aged black general Philippe Guerrier, who assumed the presidency on May 3, 1844. Guerrier held office for only 11 months before he died on April 15, 1845.

Preceded by
Charles Riviere-Herard

President of Haïti

1844–1845
Succeeded by
Jean-Louis Pierrot
Heads of State of Haiti
Post-Revolutionary (1804–1859)
  • Dessalines/Jacques I
  • Christophe/Henri I
  • Blanchet (acting)
  • Pétion
  • Boyer
  • Rivière-Hérard
  • Guerrier
  • Pierrot
  • Riché
  • Soulouque/Faustin I
Post-Imperial (1859–1930)
  • Geffrard
  • Saget (provisional)
  • Salnave
  • Saget
  • Council of Secretaries of State
  • Domingue
  • Boisrond-Canal
  • Lamothe (provisional)
  • Salomon
  • Boisrond-Canal (provisional)
  • Légitime
  • Jeune (provisional)
  • Hyppolite
  • Simon Sam
  • Boisrond-Canal (provisional)
  • Alexis
  • Simon
  • Leconte
  • Auguste
  • Oreste
  • Zamor
  • Théodore
  • Guillaume Sam
  • Dartiguenave
  • Borno
  • Roy
Post-Occupation (1930–1986)
  • Vincent
  • Lescot
  • Lavaud
  • Estimé
  • Lavaud
  • Magloire
  • Pierre-Louis (provisional)
  • Sylvain (provisional)
  • Executive Government Council
  • Fignolé (provisional)
  • Kebreau
  • François Duvalier
  • Jean-Claude Duvalier
Post-Duvalier (1986–2011)
  • Namphy
  • Manigat
  • Namphy
  • Avril
  • Abraham
  • Pascal-Trouillot
  • Aristide
  • Cédras
  • Nérette
  • Bazin (provisional)
  • Aristide
  • Jonassaint (provisional)
  • Aristide
  • Préval
  • Aristide
  • Alexandre (provisional)
  • Préval
Post-Quake (2011–present)
  • Martelly
Persondata
Name Guerrier, Philippe
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth 1773
Place of birth Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue
Date of death April 15, 1845
Place of death Saint-Marc, Haiti