Michael Gonzi (born 23 October 1960)
is a
Maltese
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medical doctor
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and retired
politician
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.
Political career
He was elected to the
House of Representatives of Malta
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in the
2008 Maltese general election
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and again in the
2013 Maltese general election
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The Labour Party (Malta), Labour Party, led by Joseph Muscat, defeated the governing National ...
representing the 12th district.
He was previously a member of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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from 2003 to 2004.
Party affiliation
He is a member of the
Partit Nazzjonalista
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.
Family background
He is the younger brother of former Prime Minister
Lawrence Gonzi
Lawrence Gonzi (born 1 July 1953) is a Maltese politician, retired Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013, and lead ...
and a grandnephew of late Archbishop of the Diocese of Malta
Mikiel Gonzi
Sir#British and Commonwealth honorifics, Sir Michael Papal nobility#Papal counts and countesses, Count Gonzi (born Mikiel / Michele Gonzi: 13 May 1885 – 22 January 1984), was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Malta from 1944 until 1976. He had b ...
.
See also
*
Politics of Malta
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*
Lawrence Gonzi#Family and early life
References
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Living people
1960 births
Members of the House of Representatives of Malta
Nationalist Party (Malta) politicians
21st-century Maltese politicians