Editing Jean-Claude Duvalier (section)

===Marriage===
On 27 May 1980, Duvalier married divorcee [[Michèle Bennett]] in a wedding that cost US$2{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="Abbott2011" /> The extravagance of the couple's wedding was criticized both by Haitian dissidents and the international press; though ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' reported that "the event{{nbsp}}... was enthusiastically received by a majority of Haitians".<ref name="Goodsell1980">{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0715/071545.html |title=Haitians wonder which advisers will have Duvalier's ear |first=James Nelson |last=Goodsell |work=The Christian Science Monitor |location=Boston |issn=0882-7729 |date=15 July 1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928222047/http://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0715/071545.html#story |archive-date=28 September 2015 |url-status=live |quote=The&nbsp;... wedding was one of the most glittering events this capital city had ever seen. It cost perhaps $2&nbsp;million, and while some Haitians&nbsp;... question such an expenditure, the event in the view of longtime observers was enthusiastically received by a majority of Haitians. }}</ref> Discontent among the business community and elite intensified in response to increased corruption among the Duvaliers and the Bennett family's dealings, which included selling Haitian cadavers to foreign medical schools and trafficking in narcotics. Increased political repression added to the volatility of the situation.<ref name="Abbott2011" />

The marriage also estranged the old-line Duvalierists in the government from the younger [[technocracy|technocrats]] whom Duvalier had appointed, including Jean-Marie Chanoine, Frantz Merceron, Frantz-Robert Estime and Theo Achille. The Duvalierists' spiritual leader, Duvalier's mother, Simone Ovide Duvalier, was eventually expelled from Haiti, reportedly at the request of Michèle. With his wife Duvalier had two children, François Nicolas and Anya.<ref name="Moody1986">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960612-2,00.html |title=Haiti Bad Times for Baby&nbsp;Doc: As violent protests grow, a besieged dictator imposes martial law |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |last1=Moody |first1=John |author1-link=John Moody (journalist) |last2=Brelis |first2=Dean |author2-link=Dean Brelis |last3=Diederich |first3=Bernard |author3-link=Bernard Diederich |issn=0040-781X |date=10 February 1986 |volume=127 |issue=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330202055/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C960612-2%2C00.html |archive-date=30 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Over time, Michèle grew to become a power in her own right. For example, she dressed down ministers at cabinet meetings while her husband dozed.<ref name="Moody1986a">{{cite magazine|last1=Moody |first1=John |author-link=John Moody (journalist) |last2=Brelis |first2=Dean |author2-link=Dean Brelis |last3=Diederich |first3=Bernard |author3-link=Bernard Diederich |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960612-2,00.html |title=Haiti Bad Times for Baby&nbsp;Doc: As violent protests grow, a besieged dictator imposes martial law |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |issn=0040-781X |date=10 February 1986 |quote=While Jean‑Claude sometimes dozes through Cabinet meetings, his wife scolds ministers. |volume=127 |issue=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330202055/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C960612-2%2C00.html |archive-date=30 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>