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France-Albert René (born 16 November 1935) was the long-time socialist President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004. He is known by government officials and party members as "the Boss". His name is often given as simply Albert René or F.A. René; he is also nicknamed Ti France. During the many years of his Presidency, F. A Rene was an extremely well-loved and respected national figure. He managed to turn Seychelles from a poverty stricken, least developed country to a middle income well-governed state, with universal health coverage and over 90% literacy rate. He is also credited with having provided robust on the job political-training to all the politicians in his camp. ==Early life== René was educated at St Mary's College in Southampton, England, and at King's College London before serving as a lawyer in Seychelles from 1957 to 1961. While abroad, he became heavily involved in the politics of the Labour Party, at the time led by Clement Attlee and later Hugh Gaitskell. These experiences led him to adopt a moderate socialist ideology that favoured some state intervention in the economy and strong ties with conservative forces such as the Roman Catholic Church (René's initial career goal was to join the priesthood). Later Rene denounced local church leaders who criticised his policies. He formed the Seychelles People's United Party (the forerunner to today's Seychelles People's Progressive Front) in 1964. In 1976, he became the country's prime minister under President James Mancham following assembly elections which the SPUP came in second place. On 5 June 1977, partisan supporters of René installed him as president in a coup d'état. After coming to power, René declared that he was not a Soviet-style Communist, but rather an "Indian Ocean socialist." Early on he opposed the Anglo-American military installation on the nearby island of Diego Garcia because of the possible storage of nuclear weapons and alleged detention of terrorist suspects at that location. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「France-Albert René」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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