LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Seychelles

44 recorded engagements by Seychelles's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 2001–2025.

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44Engagements
43Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
8Signed agreements
17Destination countries
5Officials recorded
35Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 2001 and 2025, Seychelles's leaders recorded 44 engagements: 43 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2022, with 7 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (15 engagements), followed by China and India. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 93% of engagements. 8 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 35 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Wavel Ramkalawan (President), with 20 engagements between 2021 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Seychelles, 2001–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

2001: 1 engagement2002: 0 engagements2003: 0 engagements2004: 0 engagements2005: 1 engagement2006: 1 engagement2007: 0 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 2 engagements2010: 1 engagement2011: 0 engagements2012: 1 engagement2013: 1 engagement2014: 2 engagements2015: 2 engagements2016: 1 engagement2017: 3 engagements2018: 4 engagements2019: 1 engagement2020: 1 engagement2021: 1 engagement2022: 7 engagements2023: 5 engagements2024: 6 engagements2025: 1 engagement200120052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America15
  • China4
  • India4
  • United Arab Emirates4
  • Madagascar3
  • Cuba2
  • Kenya2
  • South Africa1
  • Japan1
  • France1
  • Rwanda1
  • Egypt1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations41
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs31
  • Trade and Economic Relations15
  • Environment and Climate Change13
  • Development and Aid9
  • Maritime and Territorial Issues3
  • Health1
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation1
  • Security and Defense1
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Seychelles country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/seychelles.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Seychelles's own officials.