The former President of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier has died.

The former dictator known as ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier has died of a heart attack

Duvalier ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation from 1971 - when age 19 he took control after the death of his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier - until he was ousted in 1986.

The death of Duvalier, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years of exile, was announced by the nation's health minister, Florence Guillaume Duperval.