President of the Republic of Seychelles | |
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Residence | State House, Victoria, Mahé [1] |
Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | James Mancham |
Formation | 29 June 1976 |
Deputy | Vice-President of Seychelles |
Salary | R38,000/US$ 2,896 monthly [2] |
Website | http://www.statehouse.gov.sc |
This article contains a list of presidents of the Republic of Seychelles .
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]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Sir James Mancham (1939–2017) | — | 29 June 1976 | 5 June 1977 [lower-alpha 1] | 341 days | Seychelles Democratic Party | ||
2 | France-Albert René (1934–2019) | 1979 1984 1989 1993 1998 2001 | 5 June 1977 | 14 July 2004 [lower-alpha 2] | 27 years, 39 days | Seychelles People's Progressive Front | ||
3 | James Michel (born 1944) | 2006 2011 2015 | 14 July 2004 | 16 October 2016 [lower-alpha 2] | 12 years, 94 days | Seychelles People's Progressive Front (until 2009) | ||
People's Party | ||||||||
4 | Danny Faure (born 1962) | — | 16 October 2016 | 26 October 2020 | 4 years, 10 days | People's Party (until 2018) | ||
United Seychelles | ||||||||
5 | Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1959) | 2020 | 26 October 2020 | Incumbent | 2 years, 220 days | Linyon Demokratik Seselwa |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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