List of Seychellois people
This is a partial list of noteworthy Seychellois:
Arts
- Magie Faure-Vidot - Seychelloise multiple award poet.[1]
Business
- Chinnakannan Sivasankaran - Chairman of Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech), Siva Industries & Holdings and Siva Ventures.
Civil society
- Kantilal Jivan - Well-known businessman, historian, naturalist, guru, folkorist, photographer and vegetarian cook.
- Guy Morel - Accountant, first Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles. Former chairman of Air Seychelles. Founder of the Seychelles Institute of Management. Passionate advocate of education for the less fortunate and for school dropouts.
Environmentalist
- Nirmal Shah - Leading environmental expert, writer, fund raiser and civic leader. Advocates for sustainable development and civil society participation through local and regional NGOs, international fora and the media. http://www.natureseychelles.org
- Guy Lionnet - Former Director of Agriculture and author of many works on the history and flora and fauna of Seychelles.
Political figures
- James Michel - President of Seychelles (2004- ) and former Vice President
- Danny Faure - Vice President of Seychelles (2010 -) and Minister of Finance
- Wavel Ramkalawan - leader of the Seychelles National Party and Anglican priest
- Sir James Mancham - President of Seychelles (1976–1977)
- France-Albert René - Prime Minister (1976–1977) and President (1977–2004) of Seychelles
- Joseph Belmont - Vice President of Seychelles (2004–2010)
- Patrick Pillay - Foreign Minister of Seychelles (2005- )
- Gérard Hoarau - murdered London-based political dissident
- Ronny Jumeau - Seychelles Ambassador to the U.N, ex Minister of Environment
Legal
- Justice of Appeal Jacques Hodoul - Justice of the Seychelles Court of Appeal
- Francis Chang-Sam - Former Attorney General, now private legal practitioner
- Dar Lyon, Chief Justice of the Seychelles, and first class cricketer
Other
- Eddy Maillet - FIFA international football referee
- Claude Morel - Representative to the UN
- Dr. Ralph Etienne-Cummings - Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Professor, The Johns Hopkins University, USA,
Notes and references
- ↑ "Seychellois who have won international awards". Seychelles Nation. 2008-03-05. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
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