February 15, 2017. On 29 April the Council Complete of State, the Orderâ??s constitutional body, will elect the next Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta (or, as provided for in the Constitution, a Lieutenant of the Grand Master, to hold office for a year).
The election of a Grand Master requires a vote of the majority plus one. Sixty members of the Order are eligible to vote: the Lieutenant ad interim, the members of the Sovereign Council, the Prelate of the Order, the professed bailiffs, two professed knights from each Priory, five Regents of the Sub-Priories and 15 representatives of the National Associations.
The Council Complete of State will meet in the Election Chamber in the Magistral Villa in Rome.
