List of presidents of Seychelles

President of the
Republic of Seychelles
Presidential Standard
since 26 October 2025
Type
ResidenceState House, Victoria, Mahé[1]
Term lengthFive years,
renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Seychelles (1993)
Formation29 June 1976 (1976-06-29)
First holderJames Mancham
DeputyVice-President of Seychelles
SalarySR 94,000 / US$6,896 monthly[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

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
Symbols

§ Elected unopposed

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
(Coalition)		 Elected Cabinet(s) Vice-President(s) Ref.
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 Seychelles Democratic Party — Mancham N/a
2 France-Albert René
(1935–2019)		 5 June 1977 14 July 2004
(Resigned)		 27 years, 39 days Seychelles People's United Party —
Seychelles People's Progressive Front 1979[§]
1984[§]
1989[§] James Michel
1993
1998
2001
3 James Michel
(born 1944)		 14 July 2004 16 October 2016
(Resigned)		 12 years, 94 days Seychelles People's Progressive Front – Joseph Belmont
2006
People's Party 2011 Danny Faure
2015
4 Danny Faure
(born 1962)		 16 October 2016 26 October 2020 4 years, 10 days People's Party — Faure Vincent Meriton
United Seychelles
5 Wavel Ramkalawan
(born 1961)		 26 October 2020 26 October 2025 5 years Seychelles National Party
(LDS)		 2020 Ramkalawan Ahmed Afif
6 Patrick Herminie
(born 1963)		 26 October 2025 Incumbent 309 days United Seychelles 2025 Herminie Sebastien Pillay

Timeline

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

Patrick HerminieWavel RamkalawanDanny FaureJames MichelFrance-Albert RenéJames Mancham

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

Patrick HerminieWavel RamkalawanDanny FaureJames MichelFrance-Albert RenéJames Mancham

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

Latest election

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Patrick HerminieUnited Seychelles30,73648.8334,38952.73
Wavel RamkalawanLinyon Demokratik Seselwa29,23046.4430,82347.27
Maarco FrancisSeychelles United Movement1,3292.11
Robert MoumouSeychelles People's National Movement5930.94
Alain St AngeLalyans Nouvo Sesel5130.82
Charles De ClarisseIndependent2530.40
Ralph VolcèreIndependent2170.34
Kisna LouiseIndependent680.11
Total62,939100.0065,212100.00
Valid votes62,93997.1165,21297.59
Invalid/blank votes1,8702.891,6072.41
Total votes64,809100.0066,819100.00
Registered voters/turnout77,04584.1277,04586.73
Source: ECS, ECS

See also

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.
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