Franck Sylvain (; August 3, 1909 – January 3, 1987) served as acting President of Haiti in 1957. Sylvain was born 3 August 1909 in

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."Haïti, état civil, 1794-2012", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FG8-VYD4 : 9 June 2022), Félix Etienne Franck Sylvain, 1907. Before his political career, he received a law degree and worked as a lawyer. In 1934, he was the founder of the anti-Communist newspaper "The Crusade". He also was a founder of the "Rally for the Haitian people" (''Rassemblement du Peuple Haïtien''), a clandestine party. During the rule of

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from 1950 to 1956 he was judge and gained a good reputation, having expressed an opinion in a proceeding against a close friend of the president. On 7 February 1957, he was appointed by Parliament as the successor of

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, Haiti's interim president. Sylvain served as president for only 56 days, then he was deposed by General Léon Cantave. After his presidency, he wrote his memoirs, called ''The 56 Days of Franck Sylvain''. He died in

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on 3 January 1987.

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