Madame Max Adolphe

Madame Adolphe
Born
Rosalie Bosquet

10 September 1925[1]
Mirebalais, Haiti
DisappearedFebruary, 1986 (aged 60)
StatusMissing for 38 years, 9 months and 12 days
NationalityHaitian

Madame Max Adolphe (née Rosalie Bosquet, also known as Max Rosalie Auguste) (born September 10, 1925)[1][2] was the right hand woman of former Haitian president François Duvalier, who used the nickname "Papa Doc". In 1961 she and Aviole Paul-Blanc were elected to Parliament, becoming the first female MPs in Haiti.[3] She was born in Mirebalais, Haiti.

  1. ^ a b Tima, Wanda (5 February 2013). "Meet Madame Max Adolphe: The Right Hand Woman of Duvalier During His Presidency". L'Union Suite. Miami, Florida, United States: L'Union Creative LLC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ miningawareness (17 August 2013). "Report by the Special Inquest Commission on the Troubling Death of Judge Jean Serge Joseph, Part II, The Facts". Mining Awareness +. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ Cheney Jr., R., ed. (14 May 1961). "First women deputies sit in unicameral". Haiti Sun. Vol. XIV, no. 27. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. LCCN 95058138. OCLC 32441147 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.