Jean-Pierre Mazery (born 5 December 1942) is a French economist and was the Grand Chancellor (and Foreign Minister) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) from 2005 - 2014.
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Career
Mazery studied at the University of Paris and Harvard Business School before becoming an economist.
He has been a Knight of Malta since 1975, as Knight of Magistral Grace. On 16 April 2005, he was elected Grand Chancellor of the Order, following the resignation of H.E. Bailiff Count Jacques de Liedekerke and was re-elected to this office in 2009.
He first served under Prince and Grand Master Fra' Andrew Bertie and, since 2008, under Prince and Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing at the Palazzo Malta in Rome. In recognition of his high office in the Order, he was promoted Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience.
On 30 May 2014, Mazery was not re-elected as Grand Chancellor, the holder of the office now Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager. The Grand Commander elect d'Ippolito was Fra' Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein, thus reconfirming the traditional attribution of these positions to members of the nobility. This custom is not always respected.
Personal life
Mazery is the son of Pierre Mazery, an architect, and his wife Mathilde d'Ornellas.
Mazery was married in 1973 to Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, a writer.
They have two sons and a daughter.
Honours and awards
SMOM: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
SMOM: Grand Cross of the Order pro merito Melitensi
France: Officer of the Legion of Honour (31 December 2009)
France: Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters
France: Knight of the National Order of Merit
Monaco : Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles (14 October 2009)
Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Holy See: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX
House of Romanov: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Anna