René Préval obituary

President of Haiti who managed to bring a measure of tranquillity to a country besieged by poverty and violenceRené Préval, who has died at the age of 74, will be remembered as the only president in Haiti’s history who twice turned power over to a democratically elected successor in a country marked by coups and political strife.Haiti’s leaders are often defined by their grandiose tastes and a love of the sound of their own voices, but Préval’s style was un