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This article contains a list of presidents of the Republic of Seychelles.

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Seychelles. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.[3]

List of officeholders

Political parties
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political party
(Coalition)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sir James Mancham
(1939–2017)
29 June 1976 5 June 1977
(Deposed in coup)
341 days SDP
2 France-Albert René
(1935–2019)
1979
1984
1989
1993
1998
2001
5 June 1977 14 July 2004
(Resigned)
27 years, 39 days SPPF
3 James Michel
(born 1944)
2006
2011
2015
14 July 2004 16 October 2016
(Resigned)
12 years, 94 days SPPF
until 2009 renamed to
PP
4 Danny Faure
(born 1962)
16 October 2016 26 October 2020 4 years, 10 days PP
until 2018 renamed to
US
5 Wavel Ramkalawan
(born 1959)
2020 26 October 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 230 days SNP
(LDS)

Timeline

Wavel RamkalawanDanny FaureJames MichelFrance-Albert RenéJames Mancham

Latest election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Wavel RamkalawanLinyon Demokratik Seselwa35,56254.91
Danny FaureUnited Seychelles28,17843.51
Alain St AngeOne Seychelles1,0211.58
Total64,761100.00
Valid votes64,76198.10
Invalid/blank votes1,2561.90
Total votes66,017100.00
Registered voters/turnout74,63488.45
Source: ECS

See also

References

  1. ^ Dorall, Cheryl (May 29, 2004). Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2003. Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 9780850927931 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Presidential Emoluments Act | Seychelles Legal Information Institute". seylii.org.
  3. ^ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

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