His Majesty's Attorney General for Gibraltar is the chief legal advisor of HM Government of Gibraltar. He is the head of the Gibraltar Government Law Offices which also include a Director of Public Prosecutions, a Solicitor General and a Parliamentary Counsel. The Attorney General's Chambers have a number of Crown Counsel.
He is appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, acting on the advice and recommendations of the Specified Appointments Commission, in accordance with the Gibraltar Constitution.
The incumbent Attorney General for Gibraltar is the Gibraltarian Michael Llamas CMG KC.
List of attorneys general Sir James Cochrane 1830–1841 (afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1841) Marcus Costello 1841–>1856 Frederick Solly-Flood 1866–1877 Robert French Sheriff 1877–>1892 Archibald Walter Fawkes 1892–1901 Anthony Coll 1901-1911 Sir Bartle Frere 1911–1914Who was who, 1897-1916 Charles James Griffin 1914–1919 Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson 1919–1929 H.C.F Cox 1929-1933 Sir Ralph Hone 1933–1937 Mansell Reece 1943-1943 Lockhart-Smith 1943-1944 Audley McKisack 1944–1947 Charles Campbell Ross (4 years) 1947-1952 D.W. Conroy 1952-1955 Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman (acting), October–December 1955 W.G Bryce 1956-1959 Denys Roberts 1960–1962 J.P. Weber 1962-1963 Ashley Martin Greenwood 1963–1966 Cornelius Banahan O’Beirne 1966-1970 Hugh Hickling 1970–1972 J.K. Havers 1972-1978 David Hull QC, 1979-1984 Eric Thistlethwaite QC 1984-1989 Kenneth W Harris QC 1989-1992 J. Blackburn Gittings 1992-1994 Katie M Dawson QC, 1995-1997 Reginald "Ricky" Rhoda QC, 1997–2015 Michael Llamas QC, 2015–
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