'''Jean-Claude Duvalier''' (nicknamed '''Bébé Doc''' or '''Baby Doc''') (born July_3, 1951) succeeded his father, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as the Dictator of Haiti from his father's death in 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986. He married Michèle Bennet.
===Early life===
He was born in Port-au-Prince, and in April 1971, he assumed the presidency of Haiti at the age of 19 upon the death of his father, François_Duvalier (nicknamed "Papa Doc"), becoming the world's youngest president.
===Tortuga freeport===
In 1971, shortly before the death of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Texas entrepreneur Don_Pierson entered into a 99-year contract to develop a Freeport on the island of Tortuga. Following the death of his father and upon learning of a new multimillion dollar contract between the Freeport and Gulf_Oil Corporation, Jean-Claude Duvalier expropriated the entire venture in 1974, causing it to collapse.
===Political and economic repression===
He held on to power until February_7, 1986 when, in response to three months of protest against the government's political and economic repression, fearing prosecution he fled the country and settled in France, although never officially being granted asylum. Duvalier had also taken several millions in swindled funds. In France, he lived a luxurious life - having a Villa in the hills of Cannes, two apartments in Paris, a Chateau, along with a Ferrari. Duvalier, however, lost an enormous amount of funds due to a divorce from his wife, Michelle_Duvalier.
===Exile and announced return===
Following the ouster of president Jean-Bertrand_Aristide in February 2004, Duvalier announced his intention to return to Haiti. In 2004 he announced his intentions to run for president of Haiti in the upcoming 2005 elections for the Party_of_National_Unity.
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