| Chapter LIII - Prosper Avril: 9/17/1988-3/10/1990 Prosper Avril (born December 12, 1937) is a former president of Haiti. He was born in Thomezeau village, near Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Avril briefly served as a member of Haiti's interim ruling body, the National Council of Government, following the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986. He served as President from September 17, 1988 to March 10, 1990. He was arrested in 2001, shortly after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected President, for plotting against the state, but was freed when Aristide was ousted in February 2004. |