Francesca Monnaie

Francesca Monnaie (born 1986) is a Seychelles politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from 17 May 2016 until 27 September 2016. She was Secretary-General of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) from 2011 to 2016.

Parliament Francesca Monnaie was the Secretary-General of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) party from its founding in 2011. In the 2011 parliamentary election, she was the PDM candidate for Bel Ombre. Although the PDM did not win constituency seats, it was allocated one proportional list seat in the National Assembly. PDM leader David Pierre took this seat, and became Leader of the Opposition as the sole opposition member. Wavel Ramkalawan returned as Leader of the Opposition in the new Assembly.