Elisabeth Delatour Préval

Elisabeth Delatour Préval
Elisabeth Delatour Préval accompanying the First Lady of United States Michelle Obama and the Second Lady of United States Jill Biden in Port-au-Prince, three months after the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake
First Lady of Haiti
In office December 6, 2009 – May 14, 2011
President	René Préval
Preceded by	Solange Lafontant Préval
Succeeded by	Sophia Saint-Rémy Martelly
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 54–55)
Spouse(s)	Leslie Delatour (died in 2001) René Préval (2009-present)
Children	2 children with Delatour
Residence	Furcy, Haiti

Elisabeth Débrosse Delatour Préval (born around 1962) is a Haitian businesswoman, presidential economic and economist. She became the First Lady of Haiti in December 6, 2009, when she married President René Préval.

Delatour is the widow of Leslie Delatour, the former Governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti, the country's central bank. The couple had two children together during their marriage, which lasted until Leslie Delatour's death on January 26, 2001.

Delatour received an MBA from The George Washington University in 1988. She has worked as a businesswoman for a Haitian electrical utility as well as a road contractor during her career. She worked as an economic advisor to President René Préval before her marriage to him in December 2009.

Elisabeth Débrosse Delatour married René Préval on Sunday, December 6, 2009, becoming First Lady of Haiti. The wedding was held at 11 a.m. at Delatour's home in Furcy, a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Delatour, who was 47 years old at the time of the wedding, wore a beige dress, while Preval wore a white suit. The ceremony was attended by approximately fifty people. This was Delatour's second marriage, while Preval had been married twice before, both of which ended in divorce. The couple went on a two-day honeymoon before moving into the National Palace officially on December 9, 2009.

Delatour Preval was thrust into the international recovery efforts in January 2010 following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which devastated Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region. The First Lady and President both escaped the National Palace, which collapsed in the earthquake. The couple were about to enter the private, presidential living quarters in the National Palace when the earthquake struck. Both were able to move away from the palace before the building collapsed. False rumors initially spread in Port-au-Prince that Delatour Preval had been killed in the quake.