President Jovenel Moise has described former president Rene Preval as a “worthy son of Haiti” as he led the country in paying tribute to his predecessor who died on Friday at the age of 74.
Preval, who also served as Prime Minister in 1991 under the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, before going into exile in September of the same year during a military coup, died following a stroke. Preval served as president from 1996 to 2001, and 2006 to 2011.
“I learned with sadness the death of former President René Préval. I lay before the remains of this worthy son of Haiti,” Moïse said
Préval remains the only Haitian Head of State to have completed two terms since the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986.















