List of presidents of Seychelles

President of the Republic of Seychelles
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan since 26 October 2020
Residence	State House, Victoria, Mahé [1]
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Seychelles (1993)
Inaugural holder	James Mancham
Formation	29 June 1976;49 years ago (1976-06-29)
Deputy	Vice-President of Seychelles
Salary	R94,000/US$6,896 monthly [2]
Website	http://www.statehouse.gov.sc

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

   Seychelles Democratic Party (SDP)

   Seychelles People's United Party (SPUP) → Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) → People's Party (PP) → United Seychelles (US)

   Seychelles National Party (SNP)

Symbols

^§ Elected unopposed

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 a coup)	341 days	SDP
2		France-Albert René (1934–2019)	1979 [§] 1984 [§] 1989 [§] 1993 1998 2001	5 June 1977	14 July 2004 (Resigned)	27 years, 39 days	SPUP until 1978 renamed to 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	4 years, 326 days	SNP (LDS)

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of Seychelles. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

The following chart lists presidents by lifespan (living presidents on the green line), with the years outside of their presidency in beige.

The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue.

Latest election

Main article: 2020 Seychellois general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Wavel Ramkalawan	Linyon Demokratik Seselwa	35,562	54.91
	Danny Faure	United Seychelles	28,178	43.51
	Alain St Ange	One Seychelles	1,021	1.58
Total			64,761	100.00
Valid votes			64,761	98.10
Invalid/blank votes			1,256	1.90
Total votes			66,017	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			74,634	88.45
Source: ECS

See also

• History of Seychelles
• Politics of Seychelles
• List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles
• Vice-President of Seychelles
• First Lady of Seychelles
• Prime Minister of Seychelles

References

1. Dorall, Cheryl (29 May 2004). Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2003. Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN   9780850927931 – via Google Books.
2. "Presidential Emoluments Act | Seychelles Legal Information Institute". seylii.org. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

External links

• World Statesmen – Seychelles