Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte (c. 1899 – unknown)[1] was a Haitian conservative Noirist politician and military figure who led the Garde d'Haïti.
[4] On 1 August 1934, LtCol Clayton B. Vogel of the USMC fully transferred power over the Garde to Calixte, then a colonel.
[3] During Calixte's exile in the Dominican Republic, he built up a close relationship with its president, Rafael Trujillo.
[11] Trujillo, in trying to manipulate Haitian politics, put anti-Lescot messages in some media and supported a Calixte candidacy.
[13] Upon Estimé's election, in fear of being imprisoned, Calixte contacted US ambassador to Haiti Orme Wilson Jr. for asylum.