Jean Julme

Jean Julme was a former Minister of Defense and the Interior of the Republic of Haiti from 1964 to 1967 under the regime of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. He was also a President of the National Assembly of Haiti from 1962 to 1964.

Later political career

In 1967, after bombs went off near the Presidential Palace, Julme was swept up in a purge and imprisoned along with other former members of Papa Doc's cabinet at Fort Dimanche. When he was released, Julme was re-offered his position but refused. Duvalier continued to send Julme letters in an attempt to seduce him to work with him again, saying things such as "To my old comrade Jean M. Julme, in remembrance of the battles which ended in 22 September 1957." Julme was eventually released but did not rejoin the regime.

Julme returned to Haiti and ran for the Presidency in 1987.