President of the Republic of Seychelles | |
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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 |
Deputy | Vice-President of Seychelles |
Salary | R94,000/US$6,896 monthly [2] |
Website | http://www.statehouse.gov.sc |
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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]
§ Elected unopposed
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party (Coalition) | ||
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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) |
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.
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 |