Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta

Großhospitalier is one of the four high offices of the Order of Malta and is assigned to a professed or obedient knight .

choice

The Grand Hospitaller is elected by the Sovereign Council with a simple majority.

tasks

The large hospitalier has the duties of a minister for health, social affairs and humanitarian international cooperation.

The major hospitaller coordinates and monitors the charitable aid measures and medical and humanitarian activities of the orders of the priories and national associations worldwide and ensures that Christian principles are upheld.

He is supported in this by an advisory board of order members who come from the countries in which the order is active.

Official

• 1962–1975 Count Carl Wolfgang von Ballestrem
• ...
• 1989-2014 Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager (re-election 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009)
• since 2014 Dominique de la Rochefoucauld-Montbel

See also

Portal: Order of Malta  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the Order of Malta

Web links

• official page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Constitution of the Order (PDF; 400 kB)