Terry Le Sueur

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Terence "Terry" Augustine Le Sueur (* 1942 in Millbrook , Saint Helier , Jersey ) is a British politician who was Jersey's Chief Minister from 2008 to 2011 .

Life

After attending De La Salle College, Le Sueur completed a physics degree at Jesus College at the University of Oxford , where he worked as King Charles Exhibitioner . After completing his studies, he first worked as a physics teacher at De La Salle College and then as an accountant.

In 1987 he was elected for the first time as a member of the States of Jersey and after his re-elections in 1990, 1993 and 1996 to 1999 he represented the constituencies of St. Helier No. 3 (Vingtaine du Rouge Bouillon and Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé) and St. Helier No. 4 (Vingtaine du Mont Cochon) . In 1990, while he was a Member of Parliament, he became Chairman of the Social Security Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Telecommunications. In the 2005 elections he was elected as a senator to the States of Jersey and was a member of the latter after his re-election from 2005 to 2011. In December 2005 he took over the office of Minister for Treasury and Resources in the government of Chief Minister Frank Walker , which he held until December 2008. In his function as finance minister, he explained the development of the island of Jersey from an agricultural and tourism-heavy economy to an international financial center and one of the largest tax havens in the Austrian documentary Let’s Make Money, directed by Erwin Wagenhofer .

On December 12, 2008, Le Sueur finally succeeded Frank Walker as Chief Minister of Jersey . He was able to prevail in the election in the States of Jersey with 36 to 17 votes clearly against Senator Alan Breckon . He officially took office on December 12, 2008. He held the office of Chief Minister until November 18, 2011, when he was replaced by Ian Gorst . For his services to Jersey he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on January 1, 2012 . In May 2012, he was questioned by the Public Accounts Committee about the payment of severance payments "( Golden Handshakes )" for former government employees.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ December 8, 2008
  2. ↑ Terry Le Sueur is Chief Minister . In: Jersey Evening Post, December 8, 2008
  3. ↑ Jersey: Chief Ministers
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 60009, HMSO, London, December 31, 2011, p. 25 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  5. ^ Ex-chief minister Terry Le Sueur appointed OBE . In: BBC News of December 31, 2011
  6. ^ Jersey's ex-chief Terry Le Sueur quizzed on pay-offs . In: BBC News of May 8, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Le Sueur, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Le Sueur, Terence Augustine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Chief Minister of Jersey
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Millbrook , Saint Helier , Jersey