11 Facts About James Mancham

Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE was a Seychellois politician who founded the Seychelles Democratic Party and was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977.

Less than a year later, in June 1977, he was deposed in a coup by Prime Minister France-Albert Rene, who had the support of Tanzanian-trained revolutionaries and Tanzanian-supplied weapons, while James Mancham was attending the 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.

James Mancham was elected Leader of the Opposition from July 1993 to 1998.

James Mancham was born into a wealthy family, the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn James Mancham.

James Mancham had Chinese ancestry through his father and French ancestry through both his father and his mother.

James Mancham married Heather Jean Evans in 1963 and the marriage was dissolved in 1974.

James Mancham died suddenly on 8 January 2017 of a possible stroke at age 77.

James Mancham was buried in the State House cemetery next to Seychelles' last French Administrator, Jean-Baptiste Queau de Quincy.

James Mancham served on the advisory board of International Journal on World Peace and was a member of the World Future Council.

James Mancham received the 2010 International Jurist Award at the inauguration of the International Conference of Jurists at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India.

James Mancham was one of the recipients of the Gusi Peace Prize in 2011.