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Seychelles Movement For Democracy
The Seychelles Movement for Democracy was a political party in Seychelles. It was active in the early 1990s. Its leader was Jacques Hodoul Jacques Hodoul (1 September 1943 – 3 May 2021) was a Seychellois judge and former politician. After serving as Minister of Education and Culture, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Minister of National Development from 1982 .... Political parties in Seychelles *Main The party won 0.77% of the vote for representation of delegates in the constitutional commission of 1992. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries and territories include the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the French overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion to the south; and Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago (administered by the United Kingdom as the British Indian Ocean Territory) to the east. It is the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated 2020 population of 98,462. Seychelles was uninhabited prior to being encountered by Europeans in the 16th century. It faced competing French and British interests until coming under full British control in the late 18th century. Since proclaiming independence from the United Kingdom in 1976, it has developed from a largely agricultural society to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Hodoul
Jacques Hodoul (1 September 1943 – 3 May 2021) was a Seychellois judge and former politician. After serving as Minister of Education and Culture, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Minister of National Development from 1982 to 1989, and Minister of Tourism and Transport from 1989 to 1991. He was the leader of the Seychelles Movement for Democracy, which he founded in 1991. Hodoul was appointed to the post of Justice of Appeal in March 2005, the highest court in Seychelles. Hodoul resigned from this position in 2011 after finishing his minimum five-year term. Hodoul died on 3 May 2021. Early life and career Hodoul was born on September 1, 1943 in Mahe from a family of French landowners. Hodoul's ancestry could be traced back to "a famous pirate and slave trader of the nineteenth century". During his early years, Hodoul briefly became a priest as well as a teacher with Canadian credentials. Around 1968, Hodoul taught at the Seychelles College and met with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Seychelles
This article lists political parties in Seychelles. Seychelles has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties (SPPF and SNP), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. The parties Parliamentary parties } , bgcolor=, , Seychelles National Party , SNP , rowspan=2 , Centre , rowspan=2 , Liberalism , rowspan=2 , , - , bgcolor=#1E87AA, , Seychelles Party forSocial Justice and Democracy , SPSJD , - , bgcolor=#FF0D13, , , colspan=3 , United Seychelles Seselwa: (former)french: Seychelles unies , US , Centre-leftto left-wing , Democratic socialismSocial democracy , Other parties Former parties * Seychelles United Party (SUP) (formerly the New Democratic Party) * Independent Conservative Union of Seychelles (ICUS) The election of the National Assembly was held on the 22–24 October 2020. The Seychelles National Party, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
