France-Albert René Politician

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.