Jean-François Ferrari
Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries
Assumed office
3 November 2020
PresidentWavel Ramkalawan
Preceded byMacsuzy Mondon
Personal details
Born
Jean-François Gabriel Ferrari[1]

1959-60
Political partySeychelles National Party
OccupationJournalist, politician

Jean-François Gabriel Ferrari (born 1959–60)[2] is a Seychellois politician member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. On 3 November 2020, he was sworn in as Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries.[3]

Biography

Ferrari studied sociology and political economy at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence. He is journalist by profession and was the co-editor of the Regar newspaper for 20 years.[4] In 1977, he was a participant in the coup d'état which he later regretted.[2] In 1991, he joined Roger Mancienne and Wavel Ramkalawan to form the underground Parti Seselwa.[5]

He is a member of the Seychelles National Party, and was first directly elected to the Assembly in 2007 after being proportionally elected in 1998.[6]

In 2006, he was injured during a demonstration against the government's monopoly on radio and television.[7] In 2009, he was again injured during a demonstration.[8]

In 2016, Ferrari was elected to the National Assembly for the Mont Fleuri district, and served until 2020.[4] On 31 October 2020, Ferrari was elected Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries, succeeding Macsuzy Mondon.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Order Paper for the Second Sitting of Wednesday the 28th of October, 2020". National Assembly of Seychelles. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Assembly approves Ramkalawan's 13-member cabinet". Nation of Seychelles. Retrieved 31 October 2020. He was a 60 years old in October 2020
  3. ↑ "Majority of Seychelles' new cabinet of ministers sworn in to posts". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "13 short biographies for Seychelles' new 13-member Cabinet of ministers". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Up Close…with Wavel Ramkalawan, politician, priest and family person". Seychelles Nation via Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Member page on Assembly website". 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Seychelles editor arrested in demonstration". Reporters Without Borders via The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "OCTOBER 3rd INCIDENT: Court ruling another landmark for democracy". Seychelles Weekly. Retrieved 31 October 2020.


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