Jean-Pierre Boyer

Jean-Pierre Boyer (possibly February 15, 1776 – July 9, 1850 Paris, France) was president of Haiti from 1822 until 1843.

Boyer was the founder of Pétionville a suburb of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince (in 1831).

The War of Knives
Boyer aligned himself with André Rigaud and Alexandre Pétion against Toussaint Louverture in the War of Knives.

Exile in France
On February 13, 1843 Boyer fled Haiti to nearby Jamaica before eventually settling in exile in France, dying in Paris.