# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-lafontant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:37:50.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-lafontant"
name: "Roger Lafontant"
slug: "roger-lafontant"
description: "Roger Lafontant was the former leader of the Tonton Macoutes and a former minister in the government of Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was the leader of an attempted coup d'état in January 1991, an effort which ultimately led to his death."
tagline: "Former leader of the Tonton Macoutes"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_Roger_Lafontant.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931"
deathDate: "1991-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.70129866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "羅傑·拉方丹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روجر لافونتانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5"
    title: "Лафонтан, Роже"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lafontant"
    title: "Roger Lafontant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Роже Лафонтан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3439151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump