Charles Borromée Haentjens (27 November 1821[citation needed] - 21 July 1874) was a Haitian diplomat and politician.
Charles Haentjens | |
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| State Secretary of Finance and Trade | |
| In office 8 July 1873 – 21 July 1874 | |
| President | Nissage Saget |
| Preceded by | Octavius Rameau |
| Succeeded by | Raoul Excellent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1821[citation needed] Port-au-Prince, Haiti[citation needed] |
| Died | 21 July 1874 (aged 52) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Spouse | Marie Anne Euphrosine Lynch |
Biography
editHaentjens was the son of a merchant named Charles Christian Haëntjens, whose family moved to Nantes. Charles Haentjens returned to Paris in diplomacy as the Secretary of the Legation of Haiti from 1859 to 1863,[1] where he conducted business from 1863 to 1864.[1]
He was made State Secretary of Finance, Trade and External Relations of Haiti in 1871,[2] then from 1873 to 1874. His son, Clément Haentjens also followed a diplomatic career and would be the State Secretary of Agriculture and Public Works.
References
edit- ^ a b Maximilien Collection 1847-1933 (pg. 1, 21)
- ^ Press, ed. (1874). "Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 1594". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 469. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
External links
edit- François Blancpain, Un siècle de relations financières entre Haïti et la France : 1825-1922, 2001
- Revue de la Société haïtienne d'histoire et de géographie, Volumes 170 à 180, 1991
- Antoine Michel, La XIVe législature ..., 1932
- Armelle Pouliquen, Histoire et généalogie de la famille Haentjens de Nantes, 1620-1999
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