Robert Peliza Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Sir Bob Peliza
Honorific-Suffix:KBE ED GMH
Order:2nd
Office:Chief Minister of Gibraltar
Term Start:6 August 1969
Term End:25 June 1972
Predecessor:Sir Joshua Hassan
Successor:Sir Joshua Hassan
Governor:Sir Varyl Begg
Birth Date:16 November 1920
Birth Place:Gibraltar
Death Place:Gibraltar
Nationality:British (Gibraltarian)
Spouse:Lady Irma Peliza
Children:7
Party:Integration with Britain Party

Sir Robert John Peliza KBE GMH ED (16 November 1920 – 12 December 2011)[1] was a Gibraltarian politician.

Career

He founded and led the Integration with Britain Party and was the second Chief Minister of Gibraltar serving in office from 6 August 1969 to 25 June 1972. He was one of the members of the Constitutional Conference chaired by Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd in 1968 that drafted Gibraltar's first Constitution.[2] Peliza was also Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly from 1992 to 1996 and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment from 1993 to 1999.[3]

Peliza died on 12 December 2011 at St Bernard's Hospital in Gibraltar at the age of 91.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&tbs=bks:1&q=PELIZA%2C+Major+Sir+Robert+John%2C+KBE+.+OBE%2C+ED.+mh+a+%3B+Gibraltarian+politician%3B+b.+16+Nov.+1920%2C+Gibraltar%2C+s.+of+...+22+Nov.+1918%2C+New+York+City%3B+s.+of+Herbert+Claiborne+and+Matilda+(nee+Bigelow)+Pell%3B+m.+Nuala+O'Donnell+1944%3B+...&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=fb5c6b2e4422f17c International Who's Who 2000
  2. http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/constitution/gib_constitution.pdf The Gibraltar Constitution - 1969
  3. Web site: The Royal Gibraltar Regiment. https://web.archive.org/web/20070104032150/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/europe/regts/gibraltar.htm. dead. 4 January 2007. Regiments.org. 4 February 2019.