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Key facts
- Vice president
- Joseph Belmont (2004–2010), Danny Faure (2010–2016)
- Preceded by
- France-Albert René
- Succeeded by
- Danny Faure
- President
- France-Albert René
- Born
- ( 1944-08-16 ) 16 August 1944 (age 81) , Mahé , Colony of Seychelles
- Party
- People's Party
- Spouse
- Natalie Michel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seychelles
- Place of birth
- Anse Boileau
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Vice President of Seychelles
- Political party
- United Seychelles Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- James Michel 2014.png
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- date of birth
- 1944-08-16
- Commons category
- James Michel
- birth name
- James Alix Michel
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- James Michel
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Encyclopedic overview
James Alix Michel, GCSK (born 16 August 1944) is a Seychellois politician who served as the third President of Seychelles from 2004 to 2016. He previously served as vice-president under his predecessor, France-Albert René, from 1996 to 2004.
Michel was initially a teacher, but later he became involved in the archipelago's booming tourism industry and joined René's political party before independence in 1976.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Michel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.