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List of presidents of Seychelles
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | President |
| body | the |
| Republic of Seychelles | |
| insignia | Flag of the President of Seychelles.svgborder |
| insigniasize | 125px |
| insigniacaption | Presidential Standard |
| image | Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg |
| imagesize | 165px |
| incumbent | Patrick Herminie |
| incumbentsince | 26 October 2025 |
| residence | State House, Victoria, Mahé |
| termlength | Five years, |
| termlength_qualified | renewable once |
| constituting_instrument | Constitution of Seychelles (1993) |
| formation | |
| inaugural | James Mancham |
| deputy | Vice-President of Seychelles |
| salary | / monthly |
| website | http://www.statehouse.gov.sc |
Republic of Seychelles
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.
List of officeholders
;Political parties
;Symbols Elected unopposed
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||||||||||
| (Coalition) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Seychelles Democratic Party}}; color:white" | 1 | United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 2 | United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 3 | United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 4 | Seychelles National Party}}; color:white" | 5 | United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 6 |
| [[File:James Mancham - Official Portrait (cropped) 2.png | 100px]] | Sir James Mancham | |||||||||||||
| (1939–2017) | — | 29 June 1976 | 5 June 1977 | ||||||||||||
| (Deposed in a coup) | SDP | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:France Albert-René.png | 100px]] | France-Albert René | |||||||||||||
| (1935–2019) | |||||||||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 5 June 1977 | 14 July 2004 | |||||||||||||
| (Resigned) | SPUP | ||||||||||||||
| until 1978 renamed to | |||||||||||||||
| SPPF | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:James Michel 2014.png | 100px]] | James Michel | |||||||||||||
| (born 1944) | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 14 July 2004 | 16 October 2016 | |||||||||||||
| (Resigned) | SPPF | ||||||||||||||
| until 2009 renamed to | |||||||||||||||
| PP | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Danny Faure 2013-04-23.jpg | 100px]] | Danny Faure | |||||||||||||
| (born 1962) | — | 16 October 2016 | 26 October 2020 | PP | |||||||||||
| until 2018 renamed to | |||||||||||||||
| US | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Wavel Ramkalawan - president of Seychelles.jpg | 100px]] | Wavel Ramkalawan | |||||||||||||
| (born 1961) | 2020 | 26 October 2020 | 26 October 2025 | years | SNP | ||||||||||
| (LDS) | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Patrick Herminie | |||||||||||||
| (born 1963) | 2025 | 26 October 2025 | Incumbent | US |
Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of Seychelles. They are listed in order of first assuming office.
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:21 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:150 left:20 AlignBars = late
Define $today =
Colors = id:sdp value:rgb(0,0,1) legend:Seychelles_Democratic_Party id:spup value:rgb(0.73,0.16,0.2) legend:Seychelles_People's_United_Party id:sppf value:rgb(0.82,0.16,0.16) legend:Seychelles_People's_Progressive_Front id:pl value:rgb(0.94,0,0.11) legend:People's_Party id:us value:rgb(0.86,0,0.15) legend:United_Seychelles id:snp value:rgb(0.1,0.6,0.35) legend:Seychelles_National_Party
id:gray1 value:gray(0.85) id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1976 till:$today TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1980 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1976
Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170
TextData = pos:(20,38) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political party:"
BarData = bar:Mancham bar:René bar:Michel bar:Faure bar:Ramkalawan bar:Herminie
PlotData = width:5 align:left fontsize:9 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
bar:Mancham from:29/06/1976 till:05/06/1977 color:sdp text:"James Mancham" bar:René from:05/06/1977 till:02/06/1978 color:spup from:02/06/1978 till:14/07/2004 color:sppf text:"France-Albert René" bar:Michel from:14/07/2004 till:12/06/2009 color:sppf from:12/06/2009 till:16/10/2016 color:pl text:"James Michel" bar:Faure from:16/10/2016 till:25/11/2018 color:pl from:25/11/2018 till:26/10/2020 color:us text:"Danny Faure" bar:Ramkalawan from:26/10/2020 till:26/10/2025 color:snp text:"Wavel Ramkalawan" bar:Herminie from:26/10/2025 till:$today color:us text:"Patrick Herminie"
The following chart lists presidents by lifespan (living presidents on the green line), with the years outside of their presidency in beige.
Define $width = 1000 # 9.09 pixels per year ($end - $start) × 9.09 Define $warning = 880 # $width - 120 Define $height = 275 # 6 × 25 + 125 Define $footnote = 600 # $width - 400
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Define $dy = -5 # shift text to button side of bar Define $start = 01/01/1935 # Just before eldest (René) was born Define $end = 01/01/2030 # Next 5-year multiple after this year Define $now =
ImageSize = width:$width height:$height PlotArea = right:10 left:1 bottom:80 top:60 Period = from:$start till:$end TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal Legend = orientation:vertical columns:1 left:0 top:50 columnwidth:500
Colors = id:bg value:white id:lightline value:rgb(0.8, 0.8, 0.8) id:lighttext value:rgb(0.5, 0.5, 0.5) id:LIFESPAN value:rgb(0.88, 0.90, 0.70) Legend: Lifespan id:SDP value:rgb(0, 0, 1) Legend: Seychelles_Democratic_Party id:US value:rgb(0.73, 0.16, 0.2) Legend: Seychelles_People's_United_Party/Seychelles_People's_Progressive_Front/People’s_Party/United_Seychelles id:SNP value:rgb(0.02, 0.59, 0.29) Legend: Seychelles_National_Party id:NAME value:rgb(0.15, 0.13, 0.05) id:TODAY value:green
BackgroundColors = canvas:bg ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightline unit:year increment:1 start:$start ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lighttext unit:year increment:10 start:1940
LineData= at:$now color:TODAY width:0.1
PlotData= bar:1 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:11/08/1939 till:28/06/1976 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:James Mancham color:SDP from:29/06/1976 till:05/06/1977 color:LIFESPAN from:05/06/1977 till:08/01/2017
bar:2 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:16/11/1935 till:05/06/1977 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:France-Albert René color:US from:05/06/1977 till:14/07/2004 color:LIFESPAN from:14/07/2004 till:27/02/2019
bar:3 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:16/08/1944 till:14/07/2004 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:James Michel color:US from:14/07/2004 till:16/10/2016 color:LIFESPAN from:16/10/2016 till:$now
bar:4 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:08/05/1962 till:16/10/2016 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Danny Faure color:US from:16/10/2016 till:26/10/2020 color:LIFESPAN from:26/10/2020 till:$now
bar:5 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:15/03/1961 till:26/10/2020 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Wavel Ramkalawan color:SNP from:26/10/2020 till:26/10/2025 color:LIFESPAN from:26/10/2025 till:$now
bar:6 width:18 color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M from:22/09/1963 till:26/10/2025 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Patrick Herminie color:US from:26/10/2025 till:$now
TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:green pos:($warning,30) text:Updated /
TextData = pos:(340,$height) fontsize:L textcolor:black text:"Lifespan of each Seychellois president"
The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue.
ImageSize = width:1000 height:120 PlotArea = width:900 height:90 left:80 bottom:30 AlignBars = justify
Colors = id:pre value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) # grey id:pres value:rgb(0,0,1) # blue id:post value:rgb(0.7,0.7,0.7) # grey id:alive value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) # green
Period = from:0 till:83.5 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:black unit:year increment:10 start:0 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:0
PlotData= align:center width:8 shift:(0,-0)
bar:Mancham color:pre from:0 till:36.88 bar:Mancham color:pres from:36.88 till:37.82 bar:Mancham color:post from:37.82 till:77.41
bar:René color:pre from:0 till:41.55 bar:René color:pres from:41.55 till:68.66 bar:René color:post from:68.66 till:83.28
bar:Michel color:alive from:0 till:59.91 bar:Michel color:pres from:59.91 till:72.17 bar:Michel color:alive from:72.17 till:
bar:Faure color:alive from:0 till:54.44 bar:Faure color:pres from:54.44 till:58.47 bar:Faure color:alive from:58.47 till:
bar:Ramkalawan color:alive from:0 till:59.62 bar:Ramkalawan color:pres from:59.62 till:64.62 bar:Ramkalawan color:alive from:64.62 till:
bar:Herminie color:alive from:0 till:62.09 bar:Herminie color:pres from:62.09 till:
Latest election
Main article: 2025 Seychellois general election
References
References
- Dorall, Cheryl. (29 May 2004). "Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2003". Commonwealth Secretariat.
- "Presidential Emoluments Act | Seychelles Legal Information Institute".
- "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa".
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