Honorific Prefix: | Deputy |
Robert Ward | |
Office1: | Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning |
Term Start1: | 27 February 2024 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Lyndon Farnham |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Office2: | Deputy of St Helier Central |
Term Start2: | 27 June 2022 |
Subterm2: | Serving with |
Suboffice2: | Carina Alves Lyndsay Feltham Catherine Curtis Geoff Southern |
Majority2: | 413 |
Office3: | Deputy of St Helier No. 2 |
Term Start3: | 1 June 2018 |
Term End3: | 27 June 2022 |
Subterm3: | Serving with |
Suboffice3: | Geoff Southern Carina Alves |
Majority3: | 146 |
Residence: | St Helier, Jersey |
Party: | Reform Jersey |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | University of Sussex |
Robert James Ward is a Jersey politician who has served as the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning since February 2024. A member of Reform Jersey, he served as Deputy for St Helier No. 2 from 2018 to 2022, and has served as Deputy of St Helier Central since 2022.[1] [2] [3]
Prior to entering politics, Ward studied science at the University of Sussex and worked as a teacher for 25 years. During this time, he became a member of the National Education Union, and eventually became President of its Jersey Branch.[4]