Francis Chang-Sam

Francis Chang-Sam (born July 30, 1948) is a barrister-at-law of Gray's Inn of London, an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of Seychelles, a Notary Public and a Senior Counsel of the Bar Association of Seychelles.

[1] He started his legal career as a state counsel in the Seychelles Department of Legal Affairs headed by the Attorney General.

He later occupied the post of Attorney General for a period of 6 years.

He also headed the Secretariat responsible for drafting the Constitution of the Third Republic of Seychelles.

During his time in the public sector, Mr. Chang-Sam served as board member on a number of Government-owned corporations and statutory bodies (including the board of the Central Bank of Seychelles[2] and the board of Air Seychelles).