Colonel James Alix Michel (born August 16 1944) is a Seychellois politician who has been President of Seychelles since April 16 2004. He previously served as Vice-President under his predecessor France-Albert René from 1996 to 2004. He began as a teacher but became involved in the archipelago’s booming tourism industry and joined René’s political party before independence in 1976.
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