Sovereign Council - Order of Malta

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Order of Malta

: To Santiago di Compostela in a wheelchair

: The Order of Malta’s summer activities focussed on the disabled

: Greek fires now under control but aid and medicines are urgently needed. Immediate response of the Order of Malta in Germany

: On world day against human trafficking the Order of Malta calls for increasing joint efforts

: Ordre de Malte France publishes its activity report: over 90 years in the service of the poor and the sick

: The Grand Master’s State Visit to Cameroon

: Miss Cambodia winners join the Leprosy Awareness Campaign

: Grand Chancellor outlines main engagements of the Order of Malta to European ambassadors

: First Visit of the Republic of Cape Verde President to the Sovereign Order of Malta

: Visiting the St. John Baptist Hospital the Grand Master embraces the sick assisted by the Order in a “symbolic embrace”

Elected government of the Sovereign Order of Malta

The Sovereign Council assists the Grand Master in the government of the Order of Malta. It is composed of the Grand Master, who presides over it, the holders of the four High Offices (Grand Commander, Grand Chancellor, Grand Hospitaller and Receiver of the Common Treasure) and six members.

Apart from the Grand Master, they are elected for a five-year term by the Chapter General.

The Sovereign Council is called by the Grand Master and meets at the seat of the Order of Malta at least six times a year and whenever special circumstances require it.

Grand Master
H.M.E.H. Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

SOVEREIGN COUNCIL (2014-2019)

Grand Commander
H.E. Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein

Grand Chancellor
H.E. Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager

Grand Hospitaller
H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel

Receiver of the Common Treasure
H.E. János Count Esterházy de Galántha

MEMBERS

H.E. Fra’ John E. Critien
H.E. Fra’ John T. Dunlap
H.E. Fra’ Duncan Gallie
H.E. Fra’ Emmanuel Rousseau
H.E. Winfried Count Henckel von Donnersmarck
H.E. Geoffrey D. Gamble