Ian Gorst
| Ian Joseph Gorst | |
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| Chief Minister of Jersey | |
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Assumed office 18 November 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | John McColl |
| Preceded by | Terry Le Sueur |
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15 December 1969 Lancashire |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Dionne Gorst |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Ian Gorst (born 15 December 1969) is the Chief Minister of Jersey and an elected member of States of Jersey since 5 December 2005. He previously worked as an accountant.
Gorst was born into a farming family in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England, and left school with A-levels in history and business studies (grade E) and went on to work in insurance before going into banking and accountancy. He was a member of the UK Conservative Party before leaving the United Kingdom. He met his wife Dionne (née A'Court), a Jerseywoman, while she was studying nursing in England, and the couple moved back to Jersey.
Gorst was elected to the States of Jersey as one of the Deputies for St Clement in the 2005 elections, coming second with 930 votes. He was re-elected in 2008 when he topped the poll with 1,112 votes. In the 2011 general election he successfully stood for one of the four Senators' seats, coming second out of 13 candidates.
Gorst was re-elected in the 2014 general election with 14,035 votes (9.6% of the vote share), the highest of any Senatorial candidate. He is currently serving his second term as Chief Minister.
He was elected Chief Minister of Jersey in November 2011.
Between 2008 and 2011, Gorst was Minister for Employment and Social Security in the Council of Ministers. During his period of office, a system for redundancy payments was introduced, the income support system was criticized, state pension retirement age was raised from 65 to 67; and a new system for funding care in old age was put in place.
In 2005, Gorst was appointed as an assistant minister in the Chief Minister's Department, with responsibility for decisions about migration and human resources. In July 2007, Gorst became an assistant minister to the Minister for Treasury and Resources, with responsibilities including the review of accounting functions, investment matters, internal audit and procurement.
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