Louis Eugène Roy

{{Short description|27th President of Haiti in 1930}}

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| office = 27th President of Haiti

| term_start = May 15, 1930

| term_end = November 18, 1930

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| predecessor = Louis Borno

| successor = Sténio Vincent

| birth_date = 1861

| birth_place = Haiti

| death_date = October 27, 1939

| death_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

| nationality = Haitian

| party = Haitian Conservative Party

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Louis Eugène Roy ({{IPA|fr|lwi øʒɛn ʁwa}}; 1861 – 27 October 1939) was a prominent mulatto{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tA-XfYZFNvkC&q=St%C3%A9nio+Vincent+mulattohttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.statetheatrenj.org%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fkeynotes%2Fkeynotes_mastersofcaribbeanmusic.pdf&pg=PA83 |title=The History of Haiti |isbn=9780313340895 |accessdate=4 March 2014|last1=Coupeau |first1=Steeve |year=2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury }} Haitian banker selected by U.S. General John H. Russell, Jr., the American High Commissioner to Haïti, to serve as that country's interim president following the resignation of Louis Borno. Roy served from 15 May to 18 November 1930, during which time his major duty was to oversee elections to the new National Assembly during the United States occupation of Haiti. When the Assembly selected Sténio Vincent as president, Roy stepped down.

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Category:1861 births

Category:1939 deaths

Category:Mulatto Haitians

Category:Haitian bankers

Category:Presidents of Haiti

Category:People of the Banana Wars