| Vice-President of the Republic of Seychelles | |
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| Residence | State House, Victoria, Mahé [1] |
| Inaugural holder | James Michel |
| Formation | August 1996 |
| Salary | R35,000 monthly [2] |
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The vice-president of Seychelles is the second highest political office in the Seychelles. The position was created in 1996.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | James Michel (born 1944) | 18 August 1996 | 14 July 2004 [lower-alpha 1] | 7 years, 331 days | Seychelles People's Progressive Front | |
| 2 |  | Joseph Belmont (1947–2022) | 14 July 2004 | 30 June 2010 [lower-alpha 2] | 5 years, 351 days | Seychelles People's Progressive Front (until 2009) | |
| People's Party | |||||||
| 3 |  | Danny Faure (born 1962) | 1 July 2010 | 16 October 2016 [lower-alpha 3] | 6 years, 107 days | People's Party | |
| 4 |  | Vincent Meriton (born 1959) | 28 October 2016 | 27 October 2020 | 3 years, 365 days | People's Party (until 2018) | |
| United Seychelles | |||||||
| 5 |  | Ahmed Afif (born 1967) | 27 October 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 93 days | Linyon Demokratik Seselwa | |
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