Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ®
Grand Chancellor
The Grand Chancellor, whose office includes the offices of the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is head of the executive branch. He is responsible for the Diplomatic Missions of the Order and relations with the National Associations. Under the authority of the Grand Master and the terms of the Constitutional Charter and Code, he is responsible for the representation of the Order to third parties, the carrying out of policy and the internal administration of the Order, as well as the coordination of the activities of the Government of the Order
Profile of the Grand Chancellor
H.E. Jean-Pierre MAZERY
Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion in Obedience
- H.E. Jean-Pierre Mazery was elected Grand Chancellor by the Sovereign Council (the government of the Order) on 16 April 2005, following the resignation for family reasons of H.E. Bailiff Count Jacques de Liedekerke.
- He is a graduate of the Sorbonne, Paris, in Economics, Social Sciences and Philosophy and the Faculty of Law, and of Harvard Business School. He is a fellow of the Hague Academy of International Law and former adviser to the Centre for Post-Graduate Studies in Armaments, of the French Ministry of Defence.
- An economist and a professor of strategic business studies, he has consulted for the OECD, was head of mission, Ministry of the Environment, councillor to the Ministry for Cultural Affairs, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry for Culture and Francophonie, and the Ministry of Defence. He has been a counsellor for International Trade to the French government, an expert adviser to the French Economic and Social Council, and a professor at the Centre for Post-Graduate Studies in Business and at the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies in Paris. He is honorary chairman of the Association of the Fellows of the Institute for Higher Studies in National Defence in France.
- Jean-Pierre Mazery, Knight Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion in Obedience, was received into the Order of Malta in 1975. He was elected member of the Council of the French Association in 1979; Chairman of the Foundation des Oeuvres Hospitalières Françaises de l’Ordre de Malte (2002), and Vice-chairman and General Treasurer of the Association des Œuvres Hospitalières Françaises de l’Ordre de Malte (1990-2005).
- From 1984 to 1994 he was a member of the Board of Auditors of the Sovereign Order. From 1990 to 2002 he was a member of the Council of the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem.
- Elected a member of the Sovereign Council by the Chapter General of June 1999, he was President of the Order’s Board of Communications from 1999 to 2004. Re-elected a member of the Sovereign Council by the Chapter General of June 2004, was appointed Vice-Chancellor in October 2004.
- HE Jean-Pierre Mazery is Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur, Grand Cross of the Order Piano (Holy See), Grand Cross of the Italian Republic and holder of many decorations from other nations.