In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker shall preside over the deliberations of the Assembly and shall exercise the same authority as the Speaker.
The current Deputy Speaker is Hon. Gervais Henrie. He is also the re-elected Member for the Constituency of Mont Buxton.
Contact the Office of the Deputy Speaker
Tel: +248 428 5600
Ms Linda Gerry
Senior Private Secretary
lgerry@nationalassembly.sc
Biography of the Honorable Deputy Speaker Henrie
The Honorable Deputy Speaker, Mr. Gervais Henrie was born on the 12th January 1972.
Hon. Henrie is an award-winning journalist with over 27 years’ experience in radio, television, print and online journalism. He started his career with the national broadcaster, Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) where he worked as a Journalist, Radio Producer & TV Presenter for 15 years. He was also a Correspondent of the Rhodes University based news agency, Highway Africa News Agency from South Africa specialising in ICT reporting.
In September 2011, Hon. Henrie founded his own weekly newspaper – Le Seychellois Hebdo – a weekly political newspaper. As well as being adept in the Media profession, Hon. Henrie also has an interest in reading, travelling, hiking and the arts.
He first served as a Proportionately Elected Member for the Opposition party, Seychelles National Party (SNP) in the 4th National Assembly of Seychelles which was in session from 2007 to 2011.
In September 2016, he was elected as a member of the 6th National Assembly for the district of Mont Buxton for the Opposition party, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS). In October 2020, he became the first MNA to successfully defend his mandate in the constituency and return to the National Assembly as a ruling party MNA. He was also elevated to the position of Deputy Speaker by his peers.
As well as representing the district of Mont Buxton in the National Assembly, Hon. Henrie is also the Chairperson of the Standing Orders Committee and a member of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee.