Vol 66 No 17 |
- SEYCHELLES
Faure's United Seychelles party had already lost control of the National Assembly to Ramkalawan's LDS coalition back in 2016 when Faure's predecessor James Michel was head of state...
' Ramkalawan once lambasted predecessor James Michel's close ties to the UAE – especially the amount of land UAE Vice-President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan was able to acquire with presidential approval (AC Vol 65 No 8 Probe of René-era corruption goes awry)...
René and James Michel who succeeded him as president from 2004-2016 were known to be accommodating to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE...
The lease agreement has been made with an Emirati holding company and rumours of skulduggery have been circulating since late 2020 when former president James Michel who now lives in Abu Dhabi was seen in the company of Ramkalawan at the Formula 1 Grand Prix...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 10 |
- SEYCHELLES
His career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began in 1996; he joined President James Alix Michel’s office in 2005 and was his Principal Secretary from 2007-2009 became Secretary of State in April 2009 and Foreign Affairs Minister in June 2010...
Prime Minister James Michel’s promises of investor-friendly reform and accountability are yet to produce results – apart from some Arab-financed tourist complexes the biggest of which is to open in 2010...
Finally in Seychelles Wu assured President James Michel that the global credit crisis would not affect China’s plans to increase funding...
Vol 49 No 1 |
- INDIAN OCEAN
President James Michel’s takeover from his predecessor Albert René in 2006 has allowed a gradual change of direction and political style...
The MMM's deputy leader ex-Prime Minister Paul Bérenger is in Seychelles to support his friend the outgoing President James Michel ahead of new presidential elections there...
Nobody admits exactly what' s wrong - some say leukaemia others melanoma - but he makes ever more frequent trips to Singapore for check- ups delegating many duties to Deputy President James Michel who seems likely to have the job by the end of the century...