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{{Short description|Second highest political office in the Seychelles}}
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{{Infobox official post
|post            = Vice-President
|body            = the<br/>Republic of Seychelles
|insignia        = Coat of arms of Seychelles.svg
|insigniasize    = 125px
|insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Seychelles]]
|nativename      =
|image           = Ahmed Afif in November 2023.jpg
|imagesize       = 165px
|incumbent       = [[Ahmed Afif]]
|incumbentsince  = 27 October 2020
|style           =
|residence       = [[State House (Seychelles)|State House]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVgDL1j3TgQC|title=Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2003|first=Cheryl|last=Dorall|date=29 May 2004|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|isbn=9780850927931|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|appointer       = 
|termlength      = 
|formation       = August 1996
|succession      =
|inaugural       = [[James Michel]]
|deputy          = 
|salary          = [[Seychellois rupee|R]]35,000 monthly<ref name="seychelleslaw2">{{Cite web|url=https://seylii.org/sc/legislation/act/1998/11|title=Vice-Presidential Emoluments Act &#124; Seychelles Legal Information Institute|website=seylii.org}}</ref> 
|website         =
}}
{{Politics of Seychelles}}
The '''vice-president of Seychelles''' is the second highest political office in the [[Seychelles|Republic of Seychelles]]. The position was created in 1996.

==List of officeholders==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|United Seychelles}}|[[United Seychelles|Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) → People's Party (PP) → United Seychelles (US)]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Linyon Demokratik Seselwa}}|[[Linyon Demokratik Seselwa]] (LDS)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Elected
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 1
| [[File:James Michel 2014.png|100px]]
| [[James Michel]]<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| [[1998 Seychellois general election|1998]]<br />[[2001 Seychellois presidential election|2001]]
| 18 August 1996
| 14 July 2004{{efn|Succeeded René as [[List of presidents of Seychelles|President]].}}<br />{{small|(Became president)}}
| {{ayd|1996|08|18|2004|07|14}}
| [[United Seychelles|SPPF]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 2
| [[File:Joseph Belmont portrait.jpg|100px]]
| [[Joseph Belmont]]<br />{{small|(1947–2022)}}
| [[2006 Seychellois presidential election|2006]]
| 14 July 2004
| 30 June 2010<br />{{small|(Retired)}}
| {{ayd|2004|07|14|2010|06|30}}
| [[United Seychelles|SPPF]]<br />{{small|until 2009 renamed to}}<br />[[United Seychelles|PP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 3
| [[File:Danny Faure 2013-04-23.jpg|100px]]
| [[Danny Faure]]<br />{{small|(born 1962)}}
| [[2011 Seychellois presidential election|2011]]<br />[[2015 Seychellois presidential election|2015]]
| 1 July 2010
| 16 October 2016{{efn|Succeeded Michel as [[List of presidents of Seychelles|President]].}}<br />{{small|(Became president)}}
| {{ayd|2010|07|01|2016|10|16}}
| [[United Seychelles|PP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Seychelles}}; color:white" | 4
| [[File:Vincent Meriton, August 2012.jpg|100px]]
| [[Vincent Meriton]]<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
| —
| 28 October 2016
| 27 October 2020
| {{ayd|2016|10|28|2020|10|26}}
| [[United Seychelles|PP]]<br />{{small|until 2018 renamed to}}<br />[[United Seychelles|US]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Linyon Demokratik Seselwa}}; color:white" | 5
| [[File:Ahmed Afif in November 2023.jpg|100px]]
| [[Ahmed Afif]]<br />{{small|(born 1967)}}
| [[2020 Seychellois presidential election|2020]]
| 27 October 2020
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|10|27}}
| [[Linyon Demokratik Seselwa|LDS]]
|}

:;Notes
{{notelist}}

==Timeline==
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  from: 18 August 1996 till: 14 July 2004 color:sppf text:"[[James Michel]]"
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  from: 14 July 2004 till: 12 June 2009 color:sppf
  from: 12 June 2009 till: 30 June 2010 color:pl   text:"[[Joseph Belmont]]"
 bar:Faure
  from: 1 July 2010 till: 16 October 2016 color:pl   text:"[[Danny Faure]]"
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  from: 28 October 2016 till: 25 November 2018 color:pl
  from: 25 November 2018 till: 27 October 2020 color:us   text:"[[Vincent Meriton]]"
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  from: 27 October 2020 till: $today     color:lds  text:"[[Ahmed Afif]]"

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==See also==
* [[History of Seychelles]]
* [[Politics of Seychelles]]
* [[List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles]]
* [[List of presidents of Seychelles]]
* [[Prime Minister of Seychelles]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Seychelles.html World Statesmen – Seychelles]

{{Seychelles presidents and PMs}}
{{Seychelles topics}}

[[Category:Lists of vice presidents|Seychelles]]
[[Category:Vice-presidents of Seychelles|*]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in Seychelles|Vice-presidents]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Seychelles]]