Simone Duvalier

Simone Duvalier
First Lady of Haiti
In role
22 October 1957 – 27 May 1980
PresidentFrançois Duvalier
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Preceded byMarie Yvonne Charles
Succeeded byMichèle Bennett
Personal details
Born
Simone Ovide

19 March 1913
Léogâne, Haiti
Died26 December 1997(1997-12-26) (aged 84)
Paris, France
Spouse
(m. 1939; died 1971)
Children4, including Jean-Claude

Simone Duvalier (French pronunciation: [simɔn dyvalje]; née Ovide; 19 March 1913 – 26 December 1997), also known as Mama Doc, was the wife of Haitian leader François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and the First Lady of Haiti.