Chief Minister of Jersey

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Chief Minister of Jersey
Premier Ministre de Jersey  (French) Chef Minnistre dé Jèrri (Jèrriais)
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Incumbent John Le Fondré since 7 June 2018
Government of Jersey States Assembly
Status	Head of government
Member of	Council of Ministers British–Irish Council
Reports to	States Assembly
Nominator	States Assembly
Appointer	States Assembly
Term length	No term length The Chief Minister is nominated by the States Assembly following a general election or resignation of the previous Chief Minister
Inaugural holder	Frank Walker
Formation	8 December 2005; 16 years ago (2005-12-08)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister
Salary	£46,600 annually[1][2] (as a Member of the States Assembly)
Website	https://www.gov.je

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The Chief Minister of Jersey (French: Premier Ministre de Jersey; Jèrriais: Chef Minnistre dé Jèrri) is the head of government of Jersey, leading the Council of Ministers, which makes up part of the Government of Jersey. The head of government is not directly elected by the people but rather by the legislature, the States Assembly.

The post was created by reforms to the machinery of government to change from a consensus style of government by committee of the whole States of Jersey to a system of cabinet government under a Chief Minister.

List of Chief Ministers of Jersey[]

Portrait	Chief Minister	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days
	Frank Walker	18 December 2005	12 December 2008	2005
	2 years and 361 days
	Terry Le Sueur	12 December 2008	18 November 2011	2008
	2 years and 342 days
	Ian Gorst	18 November 2011	7 June 2018	2011 2014
	6 years and 202 days
	John Le Fondré[3]	7 June 2018	Incumbent	2018
	3 years and 234 days

2005 election[]

The first Chief Minister of Jersey was elected on 5 December 2005 following the 2005 Jersey general elections.

Two candidates were nominated on 1 December 2005:

• Senator Stuart Syvret
• Senator Frank Walker

In a secret ballot on Monday, 5 December 2005, the States of Jersey elected Senator Walker to be the first Chief Minister in Jersey history, receiving 38 votes to Senator Syvret's 14 votes of support, an unsurprising result for the latter who considered himself the underdog (a concern he had expressed during the preceding weekend in an interview with Channel Television).

2008 election[]

Senator Terry Le Sueur was elected Chief Minister on 8 December 2008 following the 2008 Jersey general election.^[4]

In a secret ballot, the States of Jersey voted for Senator Le Sueur with 36 votes. The only other challenger, Senator Alan Breckon, received 17 votes.

2011 election[]

Chief Ministerial candidates Senator Ian Gorst and Senator Sir Philip Bailhache on 14 November 2011, just before the vote.

Senator Ian Gorst was elected Chief Minister in an open ballot on 14 November 2011, beating Senator Sir Philip Bailhache 27 votes to 24. He nominated his preferred candidates for ministerial office on 16 November 2011,^[5] and took office as Chief Minister following the completion of elections of ministers on 18 November 2011.^[6]

2014 election[]

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2018 election[]

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See also[]

• List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies

References[]

External links[]

• Government of Jersey website

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