Attorney General Walter Wannenburgh KC has announced he will step down from the role later this year.
Mr Wannenburgh was first appointed as Solicitor General in 2015 before succeeding John Quinn QC as Attorney General in 2022.
“I was honoured to have been appointed as Her Majesty’s Solicitor General in July 2015 and to have succeeded John Quinn QC as Attorney General in 2022,” said Mr Wannenburgh.
“I am enormously grateful to have been given that opportunity but after nearly 11 years serving as a Crown officer I feel that the time is right for renewal and with the General Election looming it seems an appropriate opportunity to hand the baton to another.”
He added: “It has been the privilege of my professional life to have served as a Crown officer, but of course I could not have done so without the support of many others, particularly my colleagues in Chambers to whom I am indebted.”
A recruitment process for the successor will run on and off the island throughout April and into May.