HON. DAVID PIERRE

Ambassador David Claude Pierre

Ambassador David Claude Pierre was born on 4 June 1967. He is married and has three children—two sons and one daughter—and currently resides at Morne Blanc, Mahé, Seychelles.

He has served as the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development of the Republic of Seychelles since November 2025.

Minister Pierre completed his primary education at St Jean Bosco (up to Primary 6), La Rosière (Primary 7 and 8), and Les Mamelles (Primary 9). He subsequently undertook two years of service with the National Youth Service, followed by three years of study in Mathematics and Science at the Seychelles Polytechnic.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Edith Cowan University, Australia, where he majored in Mathematics with minors in Physics and Chemistry. He graduated with distinction.

Minister Pierre has an extensive background in education, having served as a teacher at Anse Royale Secondary School, English River Secondary School, Beau Vallon Secondary School, and the National Youth Service. His teaching career spans a total of eleven years.

From 2002 to 2016, Ambassador Pierre was a Member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2016 and was also a candidate in the 2015 Presidential Election.

In 2016, he was appointed Ambassador of Seychelles to Sri Lanka, a post he held until 2018. He was thereafter transferred to Ethiopia, where he served as Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the African Union, and concurrently as Non-Resident Ambassador to Kenya and Egypt.

In 2020, Ambassador Pierre was posted to Malawi as Permanent Representative to the African Union Southern Africa Regional Office (AU-SARO). During his diplomatic service, he was accredited to the African Union (AU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

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