Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel is a Seychellois

Seychelles

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 diplomat.

He was the Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director-General for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Permanent Representative to the European Commission in Brussels. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations

United Nations

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 and Ambassador of Seychelles to the United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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, and Cuba

Cuba

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. He became Ambassador to the United States in March 1998.

In February 2005, Jérémie Bonnelame

Jérémie Bonnelame

Jérémie Émile Patrick Bonnelame is a Seychellois political figure and diplomat. He was Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission from 1993 to 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2005, and was the Permanent Representative of the Seychelles to the United Nations from 2005 to 2007...

 was appointed to replace him as Ambassador and Permanent Representative, and Morel was instead appointed as Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In July 2007, he was replaced in that post by
Callixte d'Offay and was instead appointed as Ambassador to France

France

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, presenting his credentials to French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

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 on November 19, 2007. He was also appointed as Permanent Delegate to UNESCO

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, presenting his credentials in October 2007. On April 15, 2008, he additionally presented his credentials as Ambassador to Monaco

Monaco

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, becoming the first Seychellois ambassador to be accredited to that country. He also represents the Seychelles at the FAO

Fão

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