Peter Andrew Guy Sinon (born 30 October 1966) is a former

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Cabinet Minister who served as Minister for Investment, Natural Resources and Industry from 2010 to 2015. The son of Ministers Guy Sinon and Rita Sinon, Peter graduated from the

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, where he was a

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, with a 2:2 in Development Studies in 1990, and an MA in Development Economics in 1996. He previously served as Seychelles High Commissioner to

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and

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, and was an Executive Director at the

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, during his time with the institution he represented Eritea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda.

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