Bernard Georges | |
Office: | Leader of Government Business |
Term Start: | 29 October 2020 |
Predecessor: | Charles DeCommarmond |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1955 |
Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Seychelles |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | LDS |
Alma Mater: | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Bernard Georges (born 24 August 1955) is a Seychellois politician who currently serves as the Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly of Seychelles.
A lawyer by profession, he is a member of the Seychelles National Party, and was first elected to the Assembly in 2002.[1] Georges' popularity in Seychelles was fueled in part by his radio program on Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation's SBC Radio which explained the laws and how they worked to people of Seychelles. He and his wife, Annette, run the law firm, "Georges and Georges", which specializes in property and commercial disputes. In 2015, he was appointed to Judge of the Court of Justice for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.[2]
He is a graduate of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[3]