vicepresident predecessor successor birth_place president imagesize party profession birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
james michel -lrb- 1996 -- 2004 -rrb- james mancham james mancham james michel office abolished victoria united kingdom -rrb- , seychelles -lrb- then a colony of the james mancham 120px seychelles people 's progressive front lawyer , politician 16 november 1935 2nd president of seychelles 2nd prime minister of seychelles 5 june 1977 1976 karen -rrb- sarah zarquani -lrb- 1993 -rrb- handley -lrb- 1950s -rrb- geva adam -lrb- 1975 france-albert rené
 14 april 2004 1977 france-albert rené king 's college london
france-albert rené

france-albert rené -lrb- born 16 november 1935 -rrb- was the long-time socialist president of seychelles from 1977 to 2004 .
he is known by government officials and party members as `` the boss '' .
his name is often given as simply albert rené or f.a. rené ; he is also nicknamed ti france .
during the many years of his presidency , f .
a rene was an extremely well-loved and respected national figure .
he managed to turn seychelles from a poverty stricken , least developed country to a middle income well-governed state , with universal health coverage and over 90 % literacy rate .
he is also credited with having provided robust on the job political-training to all the politicians in his camp .
