FILE PHOTO: French President Jacques Chirac (R) talks with Seychelles President France Albert Rene at the Elysee Palace, in Paris September 16, 1996. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Kelsey Grammer and ...

2002 December - President Rene's Seychelles Progressive People's Front wins parliamentary elections, but the opposition Seychelles National Party increases its presence from one to 11 seats.

Former president of Seychelles France-Albert Rene, who seized power in a coup and stayed in power for nearly three decades, died aged 83, state television said.

Rene, who led the island nation for more than a quarter century during one-party rule, died at the Seychelles Hospital on Wednesday morning, according to Seychelles News Agency.

Calling Rene an old friend of the Chinese people, Xi said that Rene had made important contributions to advancing the cause of China-Seychelles friendship.

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