Jean-François Ferrari

Jean-François Ferrari
Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 November 2020
President	Wavel Ramkalawan
Preceded by	Macsuzy Mondon
Personal details
Born	Jean-François Gabriel Ferrari[1] 1959 or 1960
Political party	Seychelles National Party
Occupation	Journalist, politician

Jean-François Gabriel Ferrari (born 1959 or 1960)[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. "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. "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.