Prime Ministers of Haiti - Ren PR Val, Yvon Neptune, Jacques- Douard Alexis, Claudette Werleigh, Mich Le Pierre-Louis, G Rard Latortue (Paperback)

Chapters: Ren Pr val, Yvon Neptune, Jacques- douard Alexis, Claudette Werleigh, Mich le Pierre-Louis, G rard Latortue, Marc Bazin, Jean-Max Bellerive, List of Prime Ministers of Haiti, Martial C lestin, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Robert Malval, Rosny Smarth, Smarck Michel, Jean Marie Ch restal. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ren Garcia Pr val (French pronunciation: born January 17, 1943) is a Haitian politician and agronomist who has been the President of the Republic of Haiti since May 2006. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991 . Pr val was born in Marmelade, Cap-Ha tien. He studied Business at the College of Gembloux and the University of Leuven in Belgium and also studied Biology at the University of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. Pr val's father, an agronomist also, had risen to the position of Minister of Agriculture in the government of G n ral Paul Magloire, the predecessor of Duvalier. Leaving Haiti because his political past presented him as a potential opponent, Preval's father found work with UN agencies in Africa. After spending five years in Brooklyn, New York, occasionally working as a restaurant waiter, Pr val returned to Haiti and obtained a position with the National Institute for Mineral Resources. Pr val was very much involved in the agricultural workings of society. After a few years, he opened a bakery in Port-au-Prince with some business partners. While operating his company, he continued to be active in political circles and charity work, such as providing bread to the orphanage of Salesian Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, with whom he developed a close relationship. After the election of Aristide as president in 1990, Pr val served ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=470835