What is René Préval?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = René Préval |image = René Préval on March 31, 2010.jpg |office = [[List of heads of state of Haiti|52nd & 55th]] [[President of Haiti]] |primeminister = [[Jacques-Édouard Alexis]]<br>[[Michèle Pierre-Louis]]<br>[[Jean-Max Bellerive]] |term_start = May 14, 2006 |term_end = May 14, 2011 |predecessor = [[Boniface Alexandre]] |successor = [[Michel Martelly]] |primeminister2 = [[Claudette Werleigh]]<br>[[Rosny Smarth]]<br>[[Jacques-Édouard Alexis]] |term_start2 = February 7, 1996 |term_end2 = February 7, 2001 |predecessor2 = [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] |successor2 = [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] |office3 = [[List of Prime Ministers of Haiti|2nd]] [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] |president3 = [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] |term_start3 = February 13, 1991 |term_end3 = October 11, 1991 |predecessor3 = [[Martial Célestin]] |successor3 = [[Jean-Jacques Honorat]] |office4 = Minister of Interior and National Defence |president4 = [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] |term_start4 = February 19, 1991 |term_end4 = October 11, 1991 |predecessor4 = Joseph Maxi <small>(Interior) <br></small> Jean Thomas <small>(National Defence)</small> |successor4 = Gracia Jean |birth_date = {{birth date|1943|1|17|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Cap-Haïtien]], [[Haiti]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|03|03|1943|1|17|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti |party = [[Lespwa]] |spouse = Geri Benoit <small>(Divorced)</small><br>Solange Lafontant <small>(Divorced)</small><br>[[Elisabeth Delatour Préval|Elisabeth Delatour]] <small>(2009–present)</small> |alma_mater = [[Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech|College of Gembloux]]<br>[[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Leuven]]<br>[[University of Pisa]] |profession = [[Agronomist]] }} '''René Garcia Préval''' ({{IPA-fr|ʁəne pʁeval}}; January 17, 1943 &ndash; March 3, 2017) was a [[Haiti]]an [[politician]] and [[agronomist]