The Wedding of Jean Claude Duvalier and Michele Bennett
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Following the wedding and the increased power gained by Michele Bennett as the new First Lady, new friction started to flair-up between her and her mother in law, Simone Duvalier.
A number of changes were taking place in the government with First lady Michele Bennett taking many of the intitatives. Jean-Claude Duvalier did not help the situation, instead, appointed a new and younger crowd around him.
Jean-Claude Duvalier and Michele Benett arrived in France in 1986 after their exile from Haiti. In 1992, Michele and Jean Claude divorced. The divorce settlement was reported to have reduced the former dictator to near poverty. Michele Bennett and Jean Claude Duvalier had two children together, Francois Nicolas Duvalier and Anya Duvalier
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