Haitian lawyer, politician and diplomat
Jacques Nicolas Leger
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Born
| 1859
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1859
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Died
| February 5, 1918 (aged 58–59)
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Nationality
| Haitian
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Occupation(s)
| Lawyer, politician, diplomat
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Jacques Nicolas Leger
(July 20, 1859
[1]
?1918) was a
Haitian
lawyer
,
politician
, and
diplomat
.
Leger was born at
Les Cayes
, Haiti, in 1859. He received his early education in Haiti, and as a very young man went to
Paris
, where he continued his higher studies and also received his legal training. His father had been a member of the
Haitian senate
and a statesman of note, so that young Leger began to take an active part in the politics of his country at an early age. In 1881, when only 22 years old, he was made secretary of the Haitian
legation
in Paris, and a little later, upon the abrupt resignation of Minister
Charles Seguy Villevaleix
, the young secretary was made
charge d'affaires
. Upon his return to Haiti, he resumed the practice of law at
Port-au-Prince
, and also became editor-in-chief of an influential political journal. In 1890 he was made chief of a division in the department of foreign affairs, and in 1892 became one of the founders of the
Societe de Legislation
of Port-au-Prince, later becoming its president. He was also made president of the
Order of Barristers
of Port-au-Prince and was subsequently made a member of the permanent
court of arbitration at The Hague
.
[2]
Having been elected as a member of the
Chamber of Deputies of Haiti
, Leger took high rank in that legislative body, serving as chairman of the committee of foreign affairs and as a member of the judiciary committee. In 1896 he was appointed
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of Haiti at Washington, a post he held for nearly 13 years. While serving in this post, he was appointed as the delegate from Haiti to the
Second Pan American Congress
, and thereafter made vice chairman of the committee on regulations for the
Third International Conference
. As a member of the governing board of the
Pan American Union
he served on many important committees. In 1911 he was appointed
Foreign Minister
of his country, a post he held until May 1913, and to which he was recalled by President
Oreste Zamor
in 1914.
[2]
Upon his retirement from public office Leger resumed his legal and literary work, for which he gained renown that extended far beyond Haiti. As a writer his most important work was in the lines of law, diplomacy, and history, his best known published works being:
- "Haiti et la Revision" (1885)
- "La Politique Exterieure d'Haiti" (1886)
- "Recueil des Traites et Conventions de la Republique d'Haiti" (1891)
- "Code de Procedure Civile d'Haiti" (1902)
- "
Haiti: Her History and Her Detractors
" (1907)
He died at Port-au-Prince on February 5, 1918.
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