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Place of Birth: Les Cayes, Sud, Haiti
About Étienne Élie Gerin
- Etienne Elie Gérin (born December 19, 1757, died on January 18, 1810 [1]) was a Haitian military and politician. He was a general of the Armée indigène and later the Haitian army.
- During the reign of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, he served as the minister of war.
- On October 11, 1806, he issued a monarch's obedience and joined the troops centered around Henri Christophe, Alexandre Pétion and Laurent Férou seeking to overthrow Dessalines' empire.
- After the murder of Dessalines (17 October 1806), along with the other leaders of the rebellion, he decided about the need to pass a new constitution and to call the Constituent Assembly [5].
- He became a deputy in the assembly [6], but did sign the text of the constitution, because he was on the day of its adoption (October 27, 1806) at the Southern Department [7].
- When the Haitian state fell into two independent political creations, he took the side of Pétion's southern Republic.
- He was in favor of taking decisive military action against Christophe [8].
- Mentioned as one of the main candidates for the office of President on March 9, 1807, he eventually lost to Pétion [9].
- As one of the most important politicians opposed to the president, he responded to the appeal of the Republican general Andre Lamarre, besieged in Môle Saint-Nicolas.
- He sent him a ship loaded with food.
- The Senate thanked him for this gesture, citing him in his composition.
- Several dozen days later, Gérin submitted a mandate, wanting to express his opposition to the policy of the Presidential Palace.
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