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| 2 | List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller - Sovereign Military Order of Malta |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Nr | Title | Picture | Name | Time in office | Notes |
| 4 | 72 | Grand Master (partial recognition) | - | Paul I of Russia | 1798–1801 | Elected by the Priory of St. Petersburg in September 1798 (before the abdication of von Hompesch). |
| 5 | - | - | - | Nikolay Saltykov | 1801–1803 | De facto Lieutenant in Saint Petersburg |
| 6 | 73 | Grand Master Gran Maestro | - | Giovanni Battista Tommasi | 1803–1805 | Appointed by Pope Pius VII in 1803. Residence in Messina and Catania |
| 7 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo | 1805–1814 | Headquarters in Catania. Loss of territories and Protestant branches. |
| 8 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés | 1814–1821 | Headquarters in Catania |
| 9 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Antoine Busca | 1821–1834 | Headquarters in Ferrara. SMOM recognized at the Congress of Verona (1822). |
| 10 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Carlo Candida | 1834–1845 | Headquarters moved to Palazzo Malta, Rome. Restoration of the grand priories of Lombardy-Venetia and of Sicily in 1839/41. |
| 11 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Filippo di Colloredo-Mels | 1845–1864 | - |
| 12 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Alessandro Borgia | 1865–1871 | - |
| 13 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce | 1871–1879 | - |
| 14 | 74 | Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus | - | Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce | 1879–1905 | Restoration of the office of Grand Master after a 75-year interregnum, confirmed by Pope Leo XIII. |
| 15 | 75 | Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus | - | Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein | 1905–1931 | - |
| 16 | 76 | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro | - | Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere | 1931–1951 | - |
| 17 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti | 1951–1955 | - |
| 18 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Ernesto Paternò Castello di Carcaci | 1955–1962 | - |
| 19 | 77 | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro | - | Angelo de Mojana di Cologna | 1962–1988 | - |
| 20 | - | Lieutenant ad interim | - | Jean Charles Pallavicini | 1988 | - |
| 21 | 78 | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro | - | Andrew Bertie | 1988–2008 | Partial revision of the constitution (1997, promulgated 1961). |
| 22 | - | Lieutenant ad interim | - | Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2008 | - |
| 23 | 79 | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro | - | Matthew Festing | 2008–2017 | First Grand Master elected under the new constitution of 1997. Resigned in 2017 following a dispute with the Vatican. |
| 24 | - | Lieutenant ad interim | - | Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein | 2017 | - |
| 25 | - | Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale | - | Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2017–2018 | - |
| 26 | 80 | Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro | - | Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto | 2018–present | - |

Question: What post did Carlo Candida have from 1834, and whom did he succeed? 
Answer: Carlo Candida was a lieutenant of the Sovereign Order of Malta from 1834, succeeding Antoine Busca.