List of presidents of Seychelles

This article contains a list of presidents of the Republic of Seychelles.

President of the Republic of Seychelles
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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; 48 years ago (1976-06-29)
Deputy	Vice-President of Seychelles
Salary	R94,000/US$ 6,896 monthly[2]
Website	http://www.statehouse.gov.sc

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)

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^§ 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, 180 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
• Prime Minister of Seychelles