As mentioned elsewhere, Malta now has its heraldic authority:
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Government%20Gazette/Government%20Notices/Pages/2019/06/GovNotices2506.aspx
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No. 729
Heritage MAlta
Chief Herald of Arms of Malta
IT is hereby notified for general information that upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister, Heritage Malta, through its subsidiary Heritage Malta Services Ltd, hereby establishes the
Office of Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, which will regulate all heraldry, both corporate and personal within the Republic of Malta and that the following person has been appointed Chief Herald of Arms of Malta from the 21st March, 2019:
Lt Colonel Dr Chev. the Count Charles A. Gauci, OLM, KHS, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA, FSA.Scot, RAMC (Retd)
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Last time we saw creation of a heraldic authority is as far as I know that of the State Heraldist of Moldova in 2011:
http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=350172&lang=1
Uemura Satoru
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