Patrick Herminie

Patrick Herminie (born 22 September 1963) is the President of the Republic of Seychelles since October 2025. He served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Seychelles from 2007 to 2016. He was first elected to the Assembly in 1993 and served as the Leader of Government Business from 1998 to 2003. A former member of the People's Party, Herminie ran in the 2025 presidential election as the candidate for United Seychelles (US). Following the opposition's victory in the September 2016 parliamentary election, Patrick Pillay was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly, succeeding Patrick Herminie on 27 September 2016. In October 2023, Patrick Herminie, who leads the United Seychelles party and plans to stand as a candidate in the 2025 presidential election, was charged with witchcraft by the Seychellois public prosecutor. He denied the charges, describing them as politically motivated. In February 2024, the Victoria public prosecutor's office dropped all accusations against him.

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