René Préval
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René Préval was a Haitian politician who served as the country's president at different periods during his life. He is significant in Haiti's modern history as one of the nation's political leaders during a turbulent era of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Person
- Born
- 1943-01-17
- Died
- 2017-03-03
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Jacques-Édouard Alexis , Michèle Pierre-Louis , Jean-Max Bellerive
- Preceded by
- Boniface Alexandre
- Succeeded by
- Michel Martelly
- President
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Born
- René Garcia Préval , ( 1943-01-17 ) 17 January 1943, Port-au-Prince , Haiti
- Died
- 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) (aged 74), Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Resting place
- Marmelade , Haiti
- Party
- Lespwa (2006–2009), Patriotic Unity (2009–2015), Plateforme Vérité (2015–2017)
- Other political affiliations
- Fanmi Lavalas (1996–2006)
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René Garcia Préval ( French pronunciation: [ʁəne ɡaʁsja pʁeval]; 17 January 1943 – 3 March 2017) was a Haitian politician and agronomist who twice was President of Haiti, from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid-2006 to mid-2011. He was also Prime Minister from early to late 1991 under the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
In addition to being the first elected head of state since independence to serve a full term, the first to be elected to full terms of office without succeeding, the first to peacefully transfer power, and the first former prime minister to be elected president, Préval was also the first elected head of state in Haitian history to do so.