Marthese Portelli is a Maltese lawyer.

Political career

Portelli was a politician, member of

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for

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, where she was elected in

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and re-elected in

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. She forms part of the Nationalist Party. She also unsuccessfully contested

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on the Nationalist Party ticket. She was twice elected as the president of the Nationalist Party Executive Committee and was the first woman to hold this role.

References

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