List of presidents of Seychelles

President of the
Republic of Seychelles
President of the; Republic of Seychelles
	File:Flag of the President of Seychelles.svg Presidential Standard
	File:Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg Incumbent; Patrick Herminie; since 26 October 2025
Residence	State House, Victoria, Mahé
Term length	Five years,; renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Seychelles (1993)
Inaugural holder	James Mancham
Formation	29 June 1976; 49 years ago
Deputy	Vice-President of Seychelles
Salary	R94,000/US$6,896 monthly
Website	http://www.statehouse.gov.sc

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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

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)

Symbols

^§ Elected unopposed

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party (Coalition)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party (Coalition)
1	File:James Mancham - Official Portrait (cropped) 2.png	Sir James Mancham (1939-2017)	—	29 June 1976	5 June 1977 (Deposed in a coup)	341 days	SDP
2	File:France Albert-René.png	France-Albert René (1935-2019)	1979^[§] 1984^[§] 1989^[§] 1993 1998 2001	5 June 1977	14 July 2004 (Resigned)	27 years, 39 days	SPUP until 1978 renamed to SPPF
3	File:James Michel 2014.png	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	File:Danny Faure 2013-04-23.jpg	Danny Faure (born 1962)	—	16 October 2016	26 October 2020	4 years, 10 days	PP until 2018 renamed to US
5	File:Wavel Ramkalawan - president of Seychelles.jpg	Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961)	2020	26 October 2020	26 October 2025	5 years, 0 days	SNP (LDS)
6	File:Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg	Patrick Herminie (born 1963)	2025	26 October 2025	Incumbent	179 days	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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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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   from:15/03/1961 till:26/10/2020 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Wavel Ramkalawan
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   from:26/10/2020 till:26/10/2025
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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:Faure color:pres from:54.44  till:58.47
 bar:Faure color:alive from:58.47  till:64

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Latest election


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patrick Herminie	United Seychelles	30,736	48.83	34,389	52.73
	Wavel Ramkalawan	Linyon Demokratik Seselwa	29,230	46.44	30,823	47.27
	Maarco Francis	Seychelles United Movement	1,329	2.11
	Robert Moumou	Seychelles People's National Movement	593	0.94
	Alain St Ange	Lalyans Nouvo Sesel	513	0.82
	Charles De Clarisse	Independent	253	0.40
	Ralph Volcère	Independent	217	0.34
	Kisna Louise	Independent	68	0.11
Total			62,939	100.00	65,212	100.00

Valid votes			62,939	97.11	65,212	97.59
Invalid/blank votes			1,870	2.89	1,607	2.41
Total votes			64,809	100.00	66,819	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			77,045	84.12	77,045	86.73
Source: ECS, ECS

References

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External links

World Statesmen – Seychelles

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v t e Presidents, prime ministers and vice-presidents of the Seychelles
Presidents	James Mancham France-Albert René James Michel Danny Faure Wavel Ramkalawan Patrick Herminie	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg
Prime ministers	James Mancham France-Albert René post abolished 1977
Vice-presidents	post created 1996 James Michel Joseph Belmont Danny Faure Vincent Meriton Ahmed Afif Sebastien Pillay

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President of the Republic of Seychelles
File:Flag of the President of Seychelles.svg Presidential Standard
File:Patrick Herminie (cropped).jpg Incumbent Patrick Herminie since 26 October 2025
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; 49 years ago (1976-06-29)
Deputy	Vice-President of Seychelles
Salary	R94,000/US$6,896 monthly^[2]
Website	http://www.statehouse.gov.sc

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