Editing Seychelles (section)

=== Political culture ===
[[File:James Michel in meeting.jpg|thumb|President [[James Michel]] in his office in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], 2009]]
Seychelles' long-term president [[France-Albert René]] came to power after his supporters overthrew the first president [[James Mancham]] on 5 June 1977 in a [[coup d'état]] and installed him as president. René was at that time the prime minister. René ruled as a [[strongman (politics)|strongman]] under a [[socialist]] [[one-party system]] until 1993, when he was forced to introduce a multi-party system. He stepped down in 2004 in favour of his vice-president, [[James Michel]], who was re-elected in [[2006 Seychellois presidential election|2006]], [[2011 Seychellois presidential election|2011]] and again in [[2015 Seychellois presidential election|2015]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/4301/James+Michel+secures+third+term+winning+.+percent+votes+in+Seychelles+presidential+run-off|title=James Michel secures third term winning 50.15 percent votes in Seychelles presidential run-off|website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com}}</ref><ref name="Seychelles Nation">{{cite web | title=Results reflect popular will, observers say | work=Seychelles Nation | url=http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=23584 | access-date=30 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928140238/http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=23584 | archive-date=28 September 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news  | title=Seychelles re-elects President Michel  | work=Reuters  | url=https://af.reuters.com/article/seychellesNews/idAFLDE74K0E820110521?sp=true  | access-date=23 May 2011 | date=21 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725212131/http://af.reuters.com/article/seychellesNews/idAFLDE74K0E820110521?sp=true  | archive-date=25 July 2012 | url-status=dead  | df=dmy-all  }}</ref><ref name="Agence France-Presse">{{cite web|title=Vote buying claims mar Seychelles election |work=Agence France-Presse |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ix-TzZJRTJJ_PAHQoACqmS7xSQ3Q?docId=CNG.07d4a47a8ce76f0e07e322726bdf65a2.b1 |date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525013907/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ix-TzZJRTJJ_PAHQoACqmS7xSQ3Q?docId=CNG.07d4a47a8ce76f0e07e322726bdf65a2.b1 |archive-date=25 May 2012 }}</ref> On 28 September 2016, the Office of the President announced that Michel would step down effective 16 October, and that Vice President [[Danny Faure]] would complete the rest of Michel's term.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seychelles vice president to complete term of resigning president |author=George Thande |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-seychelles-politics-idUSKCN11Y0DM |work=Reuters |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929145955/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-seychelles-politics-idUSKCN11Y0DM |archive-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

On 26 October 2020, [[Wavel Ramkalawan]], a 59-year-old Anglican priest, was elected the fifth President of the Republic of Seychelles. Ramkalawan was an opposition MP from 1993 to 2011, and from 2016 to 2020. He served as the [[Leader of the Opposition (Seychelles)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1998 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2020. Ramkalawan defeated incumbent Danny Faure by 54.9% to 43.5%. This marked the first time the opposition had won a presidential election in Seychelles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54681360|title=Seychelles election: Wavel Ramkalawan in landmark win|work=BBC News|date=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/25/seychelles-opposition-candidate-wins-presidential-election |title=Seychelles opposition candidate wins presidential election |work=Al Jazeera |date=25 October 2020 |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

The primary political parties are the former long-time ruling socialist [[People's Party (Seychelles)|People's Party]] (PP), known until 2009 as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) now called [[United Seychelles]] (US), and the [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] [[Seychelles National Party]] (SNP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seychelles4u.com/Seychelles-Info/mobile|title=Seychellen4you – Seychelles Info|website=www.seychelles4u.com|language=de-DE|access-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322020108/http://www.seychelles4u.com/Seychelles-Info/mobile/|archive-date=22 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[2020 Seychellois general election|election]] of the National Assembly was held on 22–24 October 2020. The Seychelles National Party, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and the Seychelles United Party formed a coalition, [[Linyon Demokratik Seselwa]] (LDS). LDS won 25 seats and US got 10 seats of the 35 seats of the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |title=EISA Seychelles: 2020 National Assembly election results overview |url=https://www.eisa.org/wep/sey2020results0.htm |work=www.eisa.org}}</ref>