Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ®
Receiver of the Common Treasure
The Receiver of the Common Treasure - who is the Minister of Finance and Budget - directs the administration of the finances and the property of the Order in coordination with the Grand Chancellor, under the authority of the Grand Master and the surveillance of the Board of Auditors.
He is responsible for drawing up the annual accounts, budgeted and actual, relating to the economic and financial state of the Order, submitting them to the Board of Auditors and to the Grand Master for approval with the advice of the Sovereign Council.
With the advice of the Sovereign Council, he also submits the acceptance of inheritances, bequests and donations, and the disposal and subsequent reinvestment of the goods of the Order to the Grand Master for approval.
He manages and supervises the Magistral Post Service and, through the Secretary General, the internal services of the Magistral household, in particular the Office of Personnel of the Grand Magistry, the Office of Technical Services and the superintendence of the Magistral Palace and other buildings.
With the mandate of the Grand Master, the Receiver also supervises the administration of the organizations and work of the Order. He must countersign acts of disposal or assignment and contracts which involve the property of the Grand Magistry and the Priories.
Profile of the Receiver of the Common Treasure
H.E. the Marchese Gian Luca CHIAVARI Patrician Genoese,
Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience
- He was born in Rome on January 11, 1935, to H.E the Ambassador to the Italian Republic Marchese Gian Gerolamo Chiavari and Marchesa Laura Pallavicino.
- Married to Marchesa Elena Cattaneo della Volta di Belforte, Dame of Honour and Devotion in Obedience of the Order of Malta, he has three children: Fabiano, Violantina and Giacomo.
- He graduated with honors in business administration at the University of Genova and was the Italian delegate to the International Associations of Students of Business Administration.
- He served in the military as Officer of the Cavalry Regiment of Genova.
- Until 1994 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Shell Group in Italy and has worked for many years abroad with the Shell Group.
- He was admitted to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1979, and took the vow of Obedience in 1983. He was elected Receiver of the Common Treasure by the 1999 Chapter General, and was reelected in 2004.
- He is Vice President of the Pilgrimages of the Italian Language and Director in the Magistral Committee for Pilgrimages to Lourdes. He has also been Director of ACISMOM and member of the Council for Communications of the Order.
- He is Vice President of the Corps of Italian Nobility and President Emeritus of the Association of Nobles of Liguria.