Sir Robert John Peliza KBE GMH ED (16 November 1920 – 12 December 2011) was a

Gibraltarian The Gibraltarians (Spanish: ''gibraltareños'', colloquially: '' llanitos'') are an ethnic group native to Gibraltar, a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance to the Mediterran ...

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Career

He founded and led the

Integration with Britain Party The Integration with Britain Party (IWBP) was a political party in Gibraltar. Although it never won an election, it was briefly in power from 1969 to 1972 when Robert Peliza of the IWBP was Chief Minister. History The party was established in ...

and was the second

Chief Minister of Gibraltar The chief minister of Gibraltar is the head of His Majesty's Government of Gibraltar who is elected by the Gibraltar Parliament, and formally appointed by the governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British monarch. The incumbent chief ...

serving in office from 6 August 1969 to 25 June 1972. He was one of the members of the

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chaired by

Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, Baron Shepherd of Spalding (27 September 1918 – 5 April 2001), was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and me ...

in 1968 that drafted Gibraltar's first Constitution. Peliza was also

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of the Gibraltar House of Assembly from 1992 to 1996 and Honorary Colonel of the

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from 1993 to 1999. Peliza died on 12 December 2011 at St Bernard's Hospital in Gibraltar at the age of 91.

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1920 births 2011 deaths Chief Ministers of Gibraltar Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Integration with Britain Party politicians Speakers of the Gibraltar Parliament {{Gibraltar-politician-stub

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