Solon Ménos
Solon Ménos | |
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| 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 | 9 March 1859 Anse-à-Veau |
| Died | 14 October 1918 (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. 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.