*The Order in Colombia

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Associations are established by decree of the Grand Master, with the deliberative vote of the Sovereign Council. Their statutes are drafted in accordance with the legislation of the countries in which they are established and are approved by the Grand Master, with the deliberative vote of the Sovereign Council.

The Grand Master, with the advice of the Sovereign Council, confirms the appointment of the President and the members of the Board of Directors. The term of office is determined by the statutes and lasts from a minimum of three to a maximum of six years. If provided in the statutes, re-election is possible.

In Colombia the Order is governed by the Colombian Association of the Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Association that was established in 1957 by Don Manuel Mejía, first ambassador in Colombia, and it is directed by a Board of Directors that is elected every three years by a general assembly, and is today integrated by the following knights:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

H.E. Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sáenz
Conventual Chaplain ad Honorem

Don Jose Román Fernández González
President

(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Jaime Lizarralde Lora
Chancellor

(Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace)

Don Hernán Tobar Chaves
Master of Ceremonies

(Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace)

Don Jorge León Galindo
Hospitaller

(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Eduardo Navas Sanz de Santamaría
Treasurer

(Knight of Magistral Grace)

COUNSELORS

Excelentísimo Señor Embajador Francesco del Sordo Mottola
(Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace)

Don Salvador Otero Ospina
(Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace)

Don Aníbal Fernández de Soto Valderrama
(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Octavio Flórez Pinilla
(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Francisco Mejía Vélez
(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Rafael Ospina Baraya
(Knight of Magistral Grace)

Don Don Juan Bautista Piqué
(Knight of Magistral Grace)
 


 

República de Colombia
Ministerio de Comunicaciones
Administración Postal Nacional

SOBERANA ORDEN
MILITAR DE MALTA
1099 - 1999
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
Santa Fé de Bogotá, D.C., June 24 1999

 

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