List of presidents 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.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Symbols

Template:Note label Elected unopposed

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party Template:Small
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" | 1	File:James Mancham - Official Portrait (cropped) 2.png	Sir James Mancham Template:Small	—	29 June 1976	5 June 1977 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	SDP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" | 2	File:France Albert-René.png	France-Albert René Template:Small	Template:Text Template:Text Template:Text 1993 1998 2001	5 June 1977	14 July 2004 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	SPUP Template:Small SPPF
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" | 3	File:James Michel 2014.png	James Michel Template:Small	2006 2011 2015	14 July 2004	16 October 2016 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	SPPF Template:Small PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" | 4	File:Danny Faure 2013-04-23.jpg	Danny Faure Template:Small	—	16 October 2016	26 October 2020	Template:Ayd	PP Template:Small US
5	File:Wavel Ramkalawan - president of Seychelles.jpg	Wavel Ramkalawan Template:Small	2020	26 October 2020	26 October 2025	Template:Ayd	SNP Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" | 6	File:Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg	Patrick Herminie Template:Small	2025	26 October 2025	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	US

Timeline

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

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 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

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 id:gray2  value:gray(0.95)

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bar:Mancham
bar:René
bar:Michel
bar:Faure
bar:Ramkalawan
bar:Herminie

PlotData =

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bar:René
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bar:Michel
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 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:{{#time: d/m/Y }} color:us text:"Patrick Herminie"

</timeline>

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

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Define $dy = -5 # shift text to button side of bar Define $start = 01/01/1930 # Just before eldest (René) was born Define $end = 01/01/2030 # Next 5-year multiple after this year Define $now = {{#time:d/m/Y}}

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    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)
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   from:29/06/1976 till:05/06/1977
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:05/06/1977 till:08/01/2017

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   from:16/11/1935 till:05/06/1977 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:France-Albert René
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   from:05/06/1977 till:14/07/2004
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:14/07/2004 till:27/02/2019

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:16/08/1944 till:14/07/2004 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:James Michel
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   from:14/07/2004 till:16/10/2016
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:16/10/2016 till:$now

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:08/05/1962 till:16/10/2016 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Danny Faure
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   from:16/10/2016 till:26/10/2020
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:26/10/2020 till:$now

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   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

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:22/09/1963 till:26/10/2025 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Patrick Herminie
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   from:26/10/2025 till:$now

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

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 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:Template:A.y

 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:Template:A.y

 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:Template:A.y

 bar:Herminie color:alive from:0  till:62.09
 bar:Herminie color:pres from:62.09  till:Template:A.y

</timeline>

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

External links

• World Statesmen – Seychelles