2025 in Seychelles

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See also:	Other events of 2025 Timeline of Seychellois history

Events in the year 2025 in Seychelles .

Incumbents

• President: Wavel Ramkalawan ^[1]
• Vice-President: Ahmed Afif ^[2]

Events

February

• February – Seychelles becomes the first country to comply with the Fisheries Transparency Initiative. ^[3]

March

• March 22 – IndiGo starts a route from Mumbai to Seychelles. ^[4]

April

• April 5 – Egypt and The Seychelles sign a memorandum of understanding on visa exemption for nationals. ^[5]
• April 7 – A tri-services all-women expedition is flagged off from Mumbai for the Seychelles. ^[6]

May

• May 1–11 – 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ^[7]

September

• September 27 – 2025 Seychellois general election (first round): No candidate wins a majority in the first round of the presidential election, triggering a runoff vote between incumbent president Wavel Ramkalawan and Patrick Herminie. ^[8]

Scheduled

• October 9–11 – 2025 Seychellois general election (second round) ^[9]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Seychelles

Source: ^[10]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 2 January – New Year Holiday
• 19 April – Good Friday
• 20 April – Holy Saturday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 18 June – Constitution Day
• 19 May – Corpus Christi
• 29 June – National Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints Day
• 8 December – Immaculate Conception
• 25 December – Christmas Day

References

1. "President Ramkalawan unveils new cabinet". www.nation.sc (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
2. "Vice President Afif sworn in, pledges to help new president's vision of reform". www.seychellesnewsagency.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
3. "Seychelles becomes first country to comply with fisheries transparency standard". Mongabay. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
4. "IndiGo starts Mumbai to Seychelles direct flights from today". The Indian Express. 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
5. "Egypt, Seychelles sign MoU on visa exemption for nationals". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
6. "Tri-services all women sailing expedition flags off from Mumbai for Seychelles". The Tribune. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
7. "Seychelles to host FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup from the 1st to the 11th of May 2025". FIFA. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
8. "Seychelles to hold rerun presidential election as no candidate secures 50%". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
9. "Seychelles to hold rerun presidential election after no outright winner". AP News. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
10. "Seychelles Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

External links

• Online calendar