The president of the Policy and Resources Committee (P&RC president), also known as the Chief Minister of Guernsey, is the head of government of Guernsey and chair of the Policy and Resources Committee. The head of government is not directly elected by the people but rather by the legislature, the States of Guernsey.
President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey | |
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Policy & Resources Committee States of Guernsey | |
Member of | |
Appointer | States of Guernsey |
Term length | Four years |
Precursor | Chief Minister |
Formation | 1 May 2016 |
First holder | Gavin St Pier |
Unofficial names | Chief Minister |
Salary | £67,686 annually[1] |
The current P&RC president is Lyndon Trott.
Following a reform of the institutions of Guernsey adopted in July 2015,[2] a five-member senior committee, Policy and Resources Committee, headed by a president was created on 1 May 2016 to replace the Policy Council. The position of Chief Minister, who chaired the Policy Council, was abolished, along with the ministerial government system.[3]
The 40 members of the States of Guernsey hold a secret ballot election to determine the president, with successive rounds of voting continuing until an outright winner is elected. All candidates having to be proposed and seconded. The president of the committee is the de facto head of government of Guernsey and may be given the title "Chief Minister".
The President can be removed through a motion of "no confidence" by the members of the States Of Guernsey, in the event that the vote is lost, it results in the immediate resignation of the President and Members of the Policy & Resources Committee, the States of Deliberation having no confidence in the said Committee[4] and will result in an immediate election of first a new President and then the new committee members.
# | Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Election | Vice President | Ref. | ||
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1 | Gavin St Pier (born 1967) |
4 May 2016 | 16 October 2020 | Independent (until 18 August 2020) |
2016 | (vacant) | [5] | |||
Guernsey Partnership of Independents (from 18 August 2020) | ||||||||||
2 | Peter Ferbrache (born 1951) |
16 October 2020 | 13 December 2023 | Independent | 2020 | Heidi Soulsby (until 29 November 2022) |
[6] [7] | |||
Mark Helyer | ||||||||||
3 | Lyndon Trott (born 1964) |
13 December 2023 | incumbent | Future Guernsey | Vote of no confidence | Heidi Soulsby | [8] |