David Pierre

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David Pierre is a Seychellois politician and teacher. He was a member of the Seychelles National Party until 2011. He then founded the Popular Democratic Movement.{{Cite web|author1=Madiha Philo |author2=Sharon Uranie |date=1 December 2015|title="I am giving the Seychellois people an alternative they've never had before" – Interview Seychelles presidential candidate David Pierre|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/4178/I+am+giving+the+Seychellois+people+an+alternative+theyve+never+had+before++Interview+Seychelles+presidential+candidate+David+Pierre|url-status=live|website=Seychelles News Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203230720/http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com:80/articles/4178/I+am+giving+the+Seychellois+people+an+alternative+theyve+never+had+before++Interview+Seychelles+presidential+candidate+David+Pierre |archive-date=2015-12-03 }}

Pierre is a teacher by profession.{{Cite web|date=2007|title=Proportionally Elected SNP|url=http://www.nationalassembly.gov.sc/pages/memprof/snppro1.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106003826/http://www.nationalassembly.gov.sc/pages/memprof/snppro1.aspx|archive-date=2009-01-06|website=Seychelles National Assembly}} He was a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles from 2002 to 2016,{{Cite web|title=History of the National Assembly|url=https://www.nationalassembly.sc/history-national-assembly|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The National Assembly of Seychelles|language=en}} serving as the parliamentary Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2016.{{Cite web|author1=Sharon Uranie |author2=Rassin Vannier |date=17 May 2016|title=New National Assembly opposition leader sworn in after Pierre resigns|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5173/New+National+Assembly+opposition+leader+sworn+in+after+Pierre+resigns|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518094519/http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5173/New+National+Assembly+opposition+leader+sworn+in+after+Pierre+resigns |archive-date=2016-05-18 }} He was a candidate for the 2015 presidential election.

In 2016, Pierre was appointed as ambassador{{Cite web|author1=Patsy Athanase |author2=Sharon Uranie |date=7 June 2016|title=Seychelles' National Assembly approves ambassador nominations|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5328/Seychelles+National+Assembly+approves+ambassador+nominations|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608131846/http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5328/Seychelles+National+Assembly+approves+ambassador+nominations |archive-date=2016-06-08 }} to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the African Union. He resigned in 2020.{{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Seychelles' ambassador David Pierre tenders resignation|url=https://www.nation.sc/articles/6877/seychelles-ambassador-david-pierre-tenders-resignation|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.nation.sc|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124033826/http://www.nation.sc/articles/6877/seychelles-ambassador-david-pierre-tenders-resignation |archive-date=2020-11-24 }}