<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Inaugural holder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Jean - Jacques Dessalines (Republic of Haiti) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Governor - General of Saint - Domingue </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 1797--1801 </Td> </Tr>

Who was considered the most successful writer of the new republic