Lyndon Trott | |
Office1: | President of the Policy and Resources Committee |
Monarch1: | Charles III |
Governor1: | Richard Cripwell |
Term Start1: | 13 December 2023 |
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: | 17 July 1964 |
Birth Place: | Saint Sampson, Guernsey |
Party: | Independent (2000–2020) Future Guernsey (2020–present) |
Lyndon 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.
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 to the position of Chief Minister of Guernsey on 1 May 2008. His term of office expired on 30 April 2012.[1] [2] 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.[3]
In August 2020, Trott formed the Guernsey Partnership of Independents party with Heidi Soulsby and Gavin St Pier.[4]
He was appointed President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey, becoming Chief Minister on 13 December 2023. [5]