LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Seychelles

179 recorded engagements by Seychelles's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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179Engagements
178Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
23Signed agreements
55Destination countries
7Officials recorded
96Multilateral summits

LEAD records 23 signed agreements for Seychelles; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Seychelles's leaders recorded 179 engagements: 178 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2022, with 17 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United Arab Emirates (24 engagements), followed by United States of America and China. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 98% of engagements. 23 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 96 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is James Michel (President), with 67 engagements between 2005 and 2016.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Seychelles, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 4 engagements1992: 0 engagements1993: 0 engagements1994: 3 engagements1995: 2 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 0 engagements1998: 0 engagements1999: 3 engagements2000: 0 engagements2001: 2 engagements2002: 0 engagements2003: 1 engagement2004: 1 engagement2005: 8 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 5 engagements2008: 9 engagements2009: 8 engagements2010: 7 engagements2011: 4 engagements2012: 6 engagements2013: 5 engagements2014: 6 engagements2015: 3 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 11 engagements2018: 7 engagements2019: 16 engagements2020: 4 engagements2021: 6 engagements2022: 17 engagements2023: 10 engagements2024: 13 engagements2025: 4 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United Arab Emirates24
  • United States of America17
  • China9
  • India8
  • United Kingdom8
  • Mauritius7
  • South Africa7
  • Qatar6
  • Italy6
  • Kenya6
  • Japan5
  • France5

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations176
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs92
  • Trade and Economic Relations37
  • 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.22976211 [Seychelles country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Seychelles's own officials.