Story highlights Rene Preval was leader of Haiti when a major earthquake hit the Caribbean nation in 2010He was the first democratically elected president to serve a full term in Haiti(CNN) Rene Preval, a two-time president of Haiti, died Friday at the age of 74, current President Jovenel Moïse wrote on his verified Twitter account. He did not say how Preval died. The former President died at his home in Laboule, a suburb of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's daily newspaper, Le Nouvelliste, reported. Preval was President of the Caribbean nation from 1996 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the nation's leader when a major earthquake killed more than 200,000 people in 2010.

Source: CNN March 03, 2017 20:39 UTC