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Massillon Coicou

Died in 1908

Jean-Baptiste Massillon Coicou was born on 9 October 1867 in Port-au-Prince. A pupil of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, then of the Lycée national, he became a teacher after his military service. According to the Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, he was secretary of the cabinet of President Tirésias Simon Sam in 1897, then chargé d'affaires of the Haitian legation in Paris from 1900 to 1903, and founded the Théâtre haïtien on his return. An opponent of President Nord Alexis, he was executed on his orders, with two of his brothers, on 15 March 1908 in Port-au-Prince.

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