What is James Mancham?
[[File:James Mancham - Seychelles News Agency.jpg|thumb|Mancham in February 2014]] [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] '''James Richard Marie Mancham''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]}} (11 August 1939 &ndash; 8 January 2017) was a [[Seychelles|Seychellois]] politician. He was the first [[President of Seychelles]] from 1976 to 1977. He was born in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]]. He was also [[Prime Minister of Seychelles]] from 1975 to 1976. Mancham died from a possible [[stroke]] on 8 January 2017 at his home in [[Glacis, Seychelles|Glacis]]. He was 77.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eturbonews.com/76605/seychelles-founding-president-passed-away|title=SIR JAMES MANCHAM DIED Seychelles Founding President passed away|work=eTN|date=8 January 2017|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108080838/http://www.eturbonews.com/76605/seychelles-founding-president-passed-away|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancham, James}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Presidents of Seychelles]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Seychelles]] {{Bio-stub}} [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]