Vice-President of Seychelles
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Vice-President of the Republic of Seychelles | |
|---|---|
| File:Coat of arms of Seychelles.svg | |
since 28 October 2025 | |
| Residence | State House, Victoria, Mahé[1] |
| Inaugural holder | James Michel |
| Formation | August 1996 |
| Salary | R35,000 monthly[2] |
| File:Coat of arms of Seychelles.svg |
|---|
The vice-president of Seychelles is the second highest political office in the Republic of Seychelles. The position was created in 1996.
List of officeholders
[edit | edit source]- Political parties
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | File:James Michel 2014.png | James Michel (born 1944) |
1998 2001 |
18 August 1996 | 14 July 2004[a] (Became president) |
7 years, 331 days | SPPF |
| 2 | File:Joseph Belmont portrait.jpg | Joseph Belmont (1947–2022) |
2006 | 14 July 2004 | 30 June 2010 (Retired) |
5 years, 351 days | SPPF until 2009 renamed to PP |
| 3 | File:Danny Faure 2013-04-23.jpg | Danny Faure (born 1962) |
2011 2015 |
1 July 2010 | 16 October 2016[b] (Became president) |
6 years, 107 days | PP |
| 4 | File:Vincent Meriton, August 2012.jpg | Vincent Meriton (born 1959) |
— | 28 October 2016 | 27 October 2020 | 3 years, 364 days | PP until 2018 renamed to US |
| 5 | File:Ahmed Afif in November 2023.jpg | Ahmed Afif (born 1967) |
2020 | 27 October 2020 | 26 October 2025 | 4 years, 364 days | LDS |
| 6 | File:Sebastien Pillay (cropped).jpg | Sebastien Pillay (born 1978) |
2025 | 28 October 2025 | Incumbent | 223 days | United Seychelles |
- Notes
Timeline
[edit | edit source]<timeline> ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:21 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:150 left:20 AlignBars = late
Define $today = 08/06/2026
Colors =
id:sppf value:rgb(0.82,0.16,0.16) legend:Seychelles_People's_Progressive_Front id:pl value:rgb(0.94,0,0.11) legend:People's_Party id:us value:rgb(0.86,0,0.15) legend:United_Seychelles id:lds value:rgb(0,0.28,0.67) legend:Linyon_Demokratik_Seselwa
id:gray1 value:gray(0.85) id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1996 till:$today TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:2000 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1996
Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170
TextData =
pos:(20,38) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political party:"
BarData =
bar:Michel bar:Belmont bar:Faure bar:Meriton bar:Afif
PlotData =
width:5 align:left fontsize:9 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
bar:Michel from: 18/08/1996 till: 14/07/2004 color:sppf text:"James Michel" bar:Belmont from: 14/07/2004 till: 12/06/2009 color:sppf from: 12/06/2009 till: 30/06/2010 color:pl text:"Joseph Belmont" bar:Faure from: 01/07/2010 till: 16/10/2016 color:pl text:"Danny Faure" bar:Meriton from: 28/10/2016 till: 25/11/2018 color:pl from: 25/11/2018 till: 27/10/2020 color:us text:"Vincent Meriton" bar:Afif from: 27/10/2020 till: $today color:lds text:"Ahmed Afif"
</timeline>
See also
[edit | edit source]- History of Seychelles
- Politics of Seychelles
- List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles
- List of presidents of Seychelles
- Prime Minister of Seychelles