Ruler · 1939 – 2017

James Mancham

Lived 1939 – 2017; politician, diplomat. President of Seychelles (Seychelles), 1976 – 1977.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1939 – 2017; 78 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Seychelles
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Seychelles

Seychelles · the 1st of 6 dated reigns · 1976 – 2025

James Mancham1976 – 1977

France-Albert René1977 – 2004

James Michel2004 – 2016

Danny Faure2016 – 2020

2 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1976 – 1977 · 1 year · came to it aged 37

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Less than a year later, in June 1977, he was deposed in a coup by Prime Minister France-Albert René, who had the support of Tanzanian-trained revolutionaries and Tanzanian-supplied weapons, while Mancham was attending the 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.

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