Lyndon Trott
{{Short description|Guernsey politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lyndon Trott
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Guernseys finansminister Lyndon Trott vid Nordiska radets session i Helsingfors 2008-10-28 (cropped).jpg
| office1 = President of the Policy and Resources Committee
| monarch1 = Charles III
| governor1 = Richard Cripwell
| term_start1 = 13 December 2023
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Peter Ferbrache
| successor1 = incumbent
| office2 = Chief Minister of Guernsey
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| governor2 = Fabian Malbon
Peter Walker
| term_start2 = 1 May 2008
| term_end2 = 1 May 2012
| predecessor2 = Mike Torode
| successor2 = Peter Harwood
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|7|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint Sampson, Guernsey
| death_date =
| death_place =
}}
Lyndon Sean Trott (born 17 July 1964, St. Sampson, Guernsey) is an elected Deputy in the States of Guernsey who served as the Chief Minister of Guernsey from 2008 to 2012 and has served as President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey since 2023.
Political appointments
Deputy Trott has been a deputy in the States of Guernsey, the parliament of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, since 2000. He was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
From 2004 until 2008 he was the Treasury and Resources Minister before being elected Chief Minister of Guernsey on 1 May 2008. His term of office expired on 30 April 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/04/25/election_2008_chief_minister_feature.shtml|title=Lyndon Trott is Guernsey's new Chief Minister|date=25 April 2008 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-09-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.guernseyfinance.com/key_personnel/deputy-lyndon-trott|title=Deputy Lyndon Trott Chief Minister, States of Guernsey|publisher=Guernsey Finance|accessdate=2009-09-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828044025/http://www.guernseyfinance.com/key_personnel/deputy-lyndon-trott|archivedate=2009-08-28}} He succeeded Mike Torode as Guernsey's third Chief Minister following the creation of the post in 2004.
He was re-elected as a Deputy for the electoral district of St. Sampson in the General Election of 2012 and again in 2016, being elected as Vice President of the Policy and Resources Committee, the Senior Committee of the States of Guernsey following the 2016 changes.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-36225833 |title= Guernsey Policy and Resources Committee chosen |publisher=BBC |date=6 May 2016}}
In August 2020, Trott formed the Guernsey Partnership of Independents party with Heidi Soulsby and Gavin St Pier.{{Cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2020/08/18/soulsby-st-pier-trott-form-a-political-group/|title = Soulsby, St Pier, Trott form a political group}}
He was appointed President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey, assuming office on 13 December 2023. {{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-67707247 |title= Guernsey States elects Lyndon Trott as senior politician |publisher=BBC |date=13 December 2023}}
He is married & has a daughter named Jodie.
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Category:Government ministers of Guernsey
Category:Members of the States of Guernsey
Category:People from the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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