Attorney General of Gibraltar

His Majesty's Attorney General for Gibraltar is the chief legal advisor of HM Government of Gibraltar. He combines the functions of Attorney General and Director of Public Prosecutions and is also an ex officio member of the Gibraltar Parliament. 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 constitution.

The incumbent Attorney General for Gibraltar is the Gibraltarian Michael Llamas CMG KC.

List of attorneys general

 * Sir James Cochrane 1837–1841 (afterwards Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1841)
 * Marcus Costello 1841–>1856
 * Frederick Solly-Flood 1866–1877
 * Robert French Sheriff 1877–>1890
 * Archibald Walter Fawkes 1892–?1902
 * Anthony Coll ?-1911
 * Sir Bartle Frere 1911–1914
 * Charles James Griffin 1914–1919
 * Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson 1919–1929
 * Sir Ralph Hone 1933–1936
 * Mansell Reece 1943
 * Lockhart-Smith 1944
 * Audley McKisack 1944–
 * Charles Campbell Ross (4 years) c.1947
 * Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman (acting), October–December 1955
 * Denys Roberts 1960–1962
 * Ashley Martin Greenwood 1963–
 * Cornelius Banahan O’Beirne c.1967
 * Hugh Hickling 1970–1972
 * David Hull QC, 1979-1984
 * Eric Thistlethwaite QC 1984-1989
 * Kenneth W Harris QC 1989-1992
 * Katie M Dawson QC, 1992-1995
 * Reginald "Ricky" Rhoda QC, 1995–2015
 * Michael Llamas QC, 2015–