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James Alix Michel is a Seychellois diplomat and politician who served as Vice President of Seychelles. Born on August 16, 1944, in Anse Boileau, he is a member of the United Seychelles Party. He ran as a candidate in the 2011 and 2015 Seychellois presidential elections. Michel speaks English.
As an author, he has published works including *Beyond Aid*, *Managing Fragility and Promoting Resilience to Advance Peace, Security, and Sustainable Development*, and *Trends in the Practice of Development Cooperation*.
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Joseph Belmont (2004–2010), Danny Faure (2010–2016)
- Preceded by
- France-Albert René
- Succeeded by
- Danny Faure
- President
- France-Albert René
- Born
- ( 1944-08-16 ) 16 August 1944 (age 81) , Mahé , Colony of Seychelles
- Party
- People's Party
- Spouse
- Natalie Michel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seychelles
- Place of birth
- Anse Boileau
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Vice President of Seychelles
- Political party
- United Seychelles Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- James Michel 2014.png
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- date of birth
- 1944-08-16
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- James Michel
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- James Alix Michel
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Encyclopedic overview
James Alix Michel, GCSK (born 16 August 1944) is a Seychellois politician who served as the third President of Seychelles from 2004 to 2016. He previously served as vice-president under his predecessor, France-Albert René, from 1996 to 2004.
Michel was initially a teacher, but later he became involved in the archipelago's booming tourism industry and joined René's political party before independence in 1976.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Michel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.