President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey
{{Short description|Head of government in Guernsey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2020}}
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| post = President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey
| insignia = Guernsey P&RC logo.svg
| insigniasize = 220px
| insigniacaption = Logo of the Policy and Resources Committee
| insigniaalt = Logo of the Policy and Resources Committee
| flag = Flag of Guernsey.svg
| flagsize = 100px
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Flag of Guernsey
| flagalt = Flag of Guernsey
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| incumbent = Lindsay de Sausmarez
| incumbentsince = 1 July 2025
| department = Policy & Resources Committee
States of Guernsey
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| appointer = States of Guernsey
| termlength = Four years
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| precursor = Chief Minister
| formation = 1 May 2016
| first = Gavin St Pier
| unofficial_names = Chief Minister
| salary = £67,686 annually{{Cite web |title=2018 Rates of remuneration for States' Members and Non-States' Members |website=States of Guernsey |format=PDF |url=https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=115194&p=0 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918175142/https://www.gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=115194&p=0 |archive-format=PDF |archive-date=18 September 2020}}
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{{Politics of Guernsey}}
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.
The current P&RC president is Lindsay de Sausmarez.
History
Following a reform of the institutions of Guernsey adopted in July 2015,{{Cite news |date=9 July 2015 |title=Guernsey States deputies' numbers cut in new government |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-33421756 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018025603/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-33421756 |archive-date=18 October 2020}} 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.{{Cite news |date=1 May 2016 |title=New version of Guernsey's government comes into force |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-35883527 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018021429/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-35883527 |archive-date=18 October 2020}}
Selection
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 must 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{{cite web |title=Motion of No Confidence in the Policy & Resources Committee |url=https://www.gov.gg/article/198401/Motion-of-No-Confidence-in-the-Policy--Resources-Committee |access-date=15 December 2023}} and will result in an immediate election of first a new President and then the new committee members.
List of titleholders
{{For|previous Guernsey heads of government before 2004|List of Bailiffs of Guernsey}}
{{For|previous Guernsey heads of government from 2004 to 2016|Chief Minister of Guernsey}}
References
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{{Current heads of government in the UK and dependencies}}