Philippe Biamby (September 21, 1952[1] – December 13, 2008) was a member of the Haitian Armed Forces High Command, Chief of Staff of the Haitian Army and deputy of Raoul Cédras during the Haitian junta of 1991 to 1994.[1]
Early years
Philippe Biamby is a son of Ketly Biamby and Pierre Biamby,[2][3] an important official of the Duvalier Era.
Biamby in 1989 was expelled from the army after participating in a coup attempt against Prosper Avril. After the coup failed, he fled to the Dominican Republic and later traveled to the United States, where was he arrested for immigration charges.[3]
During military junta, was member of Haitian Armed Forces High Command and right-hand man of Raoul Cédras. He was described as a hard-line anti-American.[3]
Later life
With the arrival of American forces in Haiti in September 1994, Biamby fled to Panama, where he was granted political asylum. A 1998 extradition request from Haiti was not granted.[1]
Philippe Biamby was indicted in 2000 for his connection to the Raboteau massacre and sentenced in absentia by a Haitian court on November 16, 2000, to life imprisonment.[6]
He died on December 13, 2008, because of cancer[7][8]
^Whitney, Kathleen Marie (1996). "Sin, Fraph, and the CIA: U.S. Covert Action in Haiti". Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas. 3 (2): 303–332 [p. 320]
