Background
Guy de Faye was born in Saint Helier, Jersey in 1955.
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He was educated at Grouville Primary School, then at Victoria College Preparatory, and at Victoria College.
Career
He was Jersey"s first Minister for Transport and Technical Services
He gained a Bachelor (Honours) degree in law from Kingston University (Surrey). He was a president of Kingston Polytechnic Student Union. He worked for eight years as a reporter for Channel Television, then worked as States commentator for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Jersey, the Jersey Journal before moving to the United Kingdom where he worked for ITN World News Consumer News and Business Channel"s "Europe Today" and finally as the English language commentator on EuroNews 24 hour.
Ministerial Elections
Defeated Senator Leonard Norman for the position of Transport and Technical Services minister in a vote of the States Assembly in December 2005.
Senator Elections
De Faye ran unsuccessfully for Senator in 2002 finishing 7th of the candidates, and again in 2005 when he received 4,994 votes finishing 12th of the fifteen candidates. Deputy Elections
He served as Deputy for Saint Helier number 3 & 4 district, a position he was first elected to in 2002 with 1,191 votes polling 4th of seven candidates and he held his seat in the 2005 elections where he polled 836 votes finishing 4th of the seven candidates.
He was defeated in the Jersey general election, 2008, coming 9th of eleven candidates with 359 votes.
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Independent