Robert Peliza


Sir Robert John "Bob" Peliza KBE GMH ED was a Gibraltarian politician.

Career

He founded and led the Integration with Britain Party and was the second Chief Minister of Gibraltar serving in office from 6 August 1969 to 25 June 1972. He was one of the members of the Constitutional Conference chaired by Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd in 1968 that drafted Gibraltar's first Constitution. Peliza was also Speaker of the Gibraltar House of Assembly from 1992 to 1996 and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment from 1993 to 1999.
Peliza died on 12 December 2011 at St Bernard's Hospital in Gibraltar at the age of 91.