Chief Minister of Guernsey

Chief Minister of Guernsey
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Flag of Guernsey
Member of
AppointerStates of Guernsey
Term lengthFour years
PrecursorBailiff of Guernsey
Formation1 May 2004
First holderLaurie Morgan
Final holderJonathan Le Tocq
Abolished4 May 2016
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister
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The Chief Minister of Guernsey chaired the Policy Council, which consists of the heads of each of the ten departments of the States of Guernsey. Guernsey operates a system of consensus, committees-based government. The Policy Council is explicitly not a cabinet and has relatively little executive authority compared to a cabinet; instead, its main function is policy co-ordination. The Chief Minister also spoke for the island externally in political matters.

This post was created following the Machinery of Government review which came into effect on 1 May 2004. The rules for selection of the Chief Minister were amended in 2012 immediately prior to the election of a new Chief Minister; prior to this change candidates for the post needed to have served four or more of the last eight years as a deputy to qualify for the role.[1] Deputy Harwood would have been unable to stand for the role of Chief Minister under the previous rules.[2]

The position and title Chief Minister was abolished from 1 May 2016, along with the ministerial government system. It has been replaced by a senior committee Policy and Resources Committee.[3]

  1. ^ "Guernsey chief minister election rules relaxed". BBC News. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Peter Harwood nominated for Guernsey chief minister". BBC News. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC0105 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).