Solon Ménos

Haitian writer and politician

Solon Ménos

Haitian Ambassador to the United States from Haiti to United States
In office November 21, 1911 – October 14, 1918
Preceded by	H. Paulens Sannon
Succeeded by	ht:Albert Blanchet

Personal details
Born	(1859-03-09)9 March 1859 Anse-à-Veau
Died	14 October 1918(1918-10-14) (aged 59) Washington, D.C.

Solon Ménos (9 March 1859 – 14 October 1918) was a Haitian writer and politician. Born in Anse-à-Veau, Ménos studied in France and received a doctorate in law there at the age of twenty-two. A prominent politician, Ménos served as Haiti's minister to Washington, D.C., and Minister of Finance in 1897.^[1] He was a poet and the author of L'Affaire Lüders (English: The Lüders Affair), which described the conflict between Haiti and Germany during Tirésias Simon Sam's presidency.

References

^ "Liste des titulaires du Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances de Janvier 1804 à nos jours". mefhaiti.gouv.ht. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012.