Seychelles · Government
Government and administration in Seychelles
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Head of state — President
- Directly elected; head of state and government, with term limits.
- Executive — Cabinet
- Appointed by the President with National Assembly approval.
- Legislature — National Assembly
- Unicameral, combining directly elected and proportionally allocated seats.
- Judiciary — Constitutional Appointments Authority
- Nominates judges and the heads of independent institutions.
How legislation is made
Bills pass the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent; the President may refer a bill to the Constitutional Court on a question of constitutionality before assent. Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority, and amendments to certain protected provisions additionally require a referendum.
Enforcement institutions
- Attorney General's Office
- Principal prosecuting authority.
- Seychelles Police Force
- Principal investigative and public-order agency.
- Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles
- Statutory anti-corruption investigator.
- Financial Services Authority
- Regulates the international business and financial-services sector.
Government bodies and regulators
- judicialThe Judiciary of SeychellesAdministers the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and subordinate courts.
- executiveSeychelles Revenue CommissionCollects national tax and customs duty.
- independentFinancial Services AuthorityLicenses and supervises non-bank financial services and international business companies.
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