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.
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.