Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas

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'''Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas''' is a Portuguese engineer who has been Grand Commander of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] since 1 May 2019, having joined in 1984. Upon the death of [[Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto| Giacomo dalla Torre]], [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller#Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta|Grand Master]] of the Order, on 29 April 2020, he became head of the Order as Lieutenant ad interim until the election of a new Grand Master.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==Biography==
He was born on 27 November 1939 in [[Porto|Oporto]], Portugal. He earned a degree in industrial chemical engineering. After fulfilling his military service requirement, he worked as an engineer for the Portuguese Tobacco Company, where he became Director of Research and Development. He has been a full member of the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA) and the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO).

He became a member of the Order of Malta’s Portuguese Association in 1984. In 1996 he took the Order's vie of obedience. In 2008, following the death of his wife, he became a Professed Knight and took his solemn vow in 2015.

He has held many positions in the Order, including that of the Grand Master’s Delegate in Brazil, Councillor, Chancellor, Vice President of the Portuguese Association, and Vice Delegate of the National Associations.

For many years he has made the material and spiritual welfare of inmates of a Portuguese prison his personal mission. He participates in the Order’s pilgrimages to [[Sanctuary of Fátima|Fatima]] and [[Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes|Lourdes]].

He served on the Government Council from May 2014 to April 2019.

He was elected Grand Commander of the Order by the the Chapter General on 1 May 2019.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

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[[Category:People from Porto]]

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