Legacy: New Millennium, New Seychelles

Confronting pirates and taking tea with princes, meeting world leaders one day and ordinary folk on the islands the next, speaking at the United Nations and sitting down with the Pope. Each day brought new challenges, new adventures. It was a unique experience, a wonderful part of my life.

As a young boy, growing up on the west coast of Mahé, being President of Seychelles was something I had never dreamed of. By the time I stood down in 2016, following my third successful election, I was ab...