Chief Minister of Jersey

Chief Minister of Jersey
  • Premier/ère Ministre de Jersey (French)
  • Chef Minnistre dé Jèrri (Jèrriais)
since 30 January 2024
Government of Jersey
States Assembly
StatusHead of government
Member of
AppointerStates Assembly
Term lengthNo term length
The Chief minister is nominated by the States Assembly following a general election or resignation of the previous chief minister
Inaugural holderFrank Walker
Formation8 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-08)
DeputyDeputy chief minister
Salary£46,600 annually[1][2]
(as a Member of the States Assembly)
Websitehttps://www.gov.je

The Chief Minister of Jersey (French: Premier/ère 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.

  1. ^ https://statesassembly.gov.je/assemblyreports/2019/r.89-2019finalcorrected.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Jersey, States of. "Government of Jersey". gov.je. Retrieved 14 November 2021.