Patrick Pillay

Patrick Georges Pillay is a Seychellois politician who has been Speaker of the National Assembly of the Seychelles from 2016 to 2018. Previously he served as Minister of External Affairs[1] and Minister of Health.[2] In 2010, he was appointed resident High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[3]

Standing in the September 2016 parliamentary election as a candidate of the opposition Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) coalition in Anse Boileau, located on Mahé, Pillay won a seat in the National Assembly[4]. The LDS won a majority of parliamentary seats, and Pillay was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on 27 September 2016.[5] Pillary resigned on 29 January 2018 from both the position as Speaker and member of the national assembly [4] and Philip Arrisol won the seat in the resulting byelection[6].

References

  1. ↑ List of members of the government of the Seychelles (2007 archive page), presse-francophone.org (in French).
  2. ↑ List of members of the government of the Seychelles (2004 archive page), presse-francophone.org (in French).
  3. ↑ (in French).
  4. 1 2 "President Notified of the Resignation of the Speaker of the National Assembly". State House, Office of the President of the Seychelles, Government of Seychelles. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Patsy Athanase and Betymie Bonnelame, "A new legislative look: Seychelles’ sixth National Assembly sworn in", Seychelles News Agency, 27 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Bonnelame, Betymie (25 February 2018). "Arrisol in landslide win for vacated National Assembly seat in Seychelles". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2018.


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