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, 313 days	SNP (LDS)

Timeline

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