 Matthieu Prosper Avril akaberekwa musi waDecember 12, 1937 munhu wezvematongerwo enyika weHaiti uyo aiva Mutungamiri weHaiti kubva muna 1988 kusvika muna 1990. Nhengo yaivimbwa yeFrançois Duvaliers Presidential Guard uye chipangamazano kuna Jean-Claude Duvalier, Lt. Gen. Avril akatungamira September 1988 Haitian coup détat kurwisa hurumende yemauto yakagadzwa mushure mekubviswa kwaJean-Claude Duvalier muna 1986. Akanga ari purezidhendi kusvikira muna March 1990, munguva iyo maererano neAmnesty International yakanga yakasvibiswa nekutyorwa kwakakomba kwekodzero dzevanhu. Akasungwa muna 2001, asi akasunungurwa muna Kurume 2004 mushure me2004 Haiti coup détatakakunda Jean-Bertrand Aristide. 