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The Seychelles government is one of the proponents of the Indian Ocean zone of peace concept and it has promoted an end to the United States presence on Diego Garcia.The country has adopted a pragmatic policy, however, and serves as an important rest and recreation stop for US ships serving in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.
James Mancham, founder of the SDP and former President of Seychelles. Mancham's party maintained power until 1977, when he was deposed in a coup run by supporters of René. France-Albert René, founder of the SPUP and former President of Seychelles. René seized power in 1977 and retained it until 2004, when he retired from office.
The commission finds that the attempt to overthrow the Seychelles government was an operation undertaken by senior operatives of the NIS and the Department of Military Intelligence with the collusion of elements within the SADF. As such, it was a violation of international law and an infringement of the sovereignty of the Seychelles government.
The Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA) was established on 2 June 1990 by President France-Albert René. SDA is the premier training institute of the SPDF. The first training camp of the SDA was at Point Larue. The first training was conducted with the help of advisors from the Tanzania People's Defence Force as well as former British Army personnel.
Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa as well as the least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated population of 100,600 in 2022. [16] Seychelles was uninhabited prior to being encountered by Europeans in the 16th century.
Seychelles has succeeded in attracting relatively large amounts [5] of aid, with France as the leading donor. [2] Turkey also extended a modest [5] amount of aid, primarily in the form of education [6] and development [2] programs, as part of its efforts to become engaged in the Indian Ocean region.
Discussions and public debates between the major political parties (namely the Seychelles People's Progressive Front and Seychelles Democratic Party) began to take place in January 1993. [2] Following a referendum which took place on 18 June 1993, the current constitution of Seychelles was approved.
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.