Lucien Hibbert (18 August 1899 – 5 February 1964) was a Haitian public servant and

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. He was the first Haitian to receive a

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in mathematics and is remembered for his roles in government and higher education administration. In the administration of President Sténio Vincent, Hibbert served as the

minister of finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

for Haiti from 1932 to 1934 and was subsequently foreign minister until 1935. He was a commander of the French

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. Born to Fernand Hibbert and Marie Pescaye in 1899, Lucien Hibbert earned his doctoral degree from the

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in 1937. His dissertation consisted of two theses, ''Univalence et automorphie pour les polynômes et les fonctions entières'' and ''Sur les équations du problème de l'Interdépendance des Marchés''. This work was supervised by

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, with advice from Georges Darmois, Frédéric Marty, and Jacques Salomon Hadamard.

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* Lucien Hibbert's doctoral thesis
Hibbert, Lucien. ''Univalence et automorphie pour les polynômes et les fonctions entières.'' Thèses de l'entre-deux-guerres, no. 198 (1937), 78 p
Finance ministers of Haiti 1899 births 1964 deaths {{mathematician-stub