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Former Haiti President Rene Preval Dead At 74. His Life in Photos.




Former Haiti President Rene Preval Dead At 74. His Life In Pictures.

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Rene Preval Dead at 74
Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles revealed that Rene Preval—one of Haiti’s former presidents—has died. He was 74. According to various news reports, he suffered from a heart attack. He also had prostate cancer and had been treated for it in the early 2000s in Cuba.

Rene Preval and Barack Obama
With former president Barack Obama. [Photo Credit: W. McNamee]

Mr. Preval married three times, and was a graduate of the University of Pisa. He was president from 1996 to 2001, according to Reuters. His served his second term in the 2000s, and he was the head of state in power when Haiti was hit by an earthquake in the early 2010s.

Rene Preval and Hillary Clinton
With former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [Photo Credit: C. Somodevilla]

The former president studied agronomy in Belgium at the prestigious Gembloux Agricultural University. He lived in New York for a time, and later moved to Haiti to opened his own business, a bakery. CBS News is reporting that he is survived by two daughters.

Rene Preval Dead at 74 Former Haiti President
Here is Mr. Preval in January 2010, attending the funeral of an archbishop in Port-au-Prince. Photo Credit: Getty



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