Michael Gonzi (born 23 October 1960)
is a
Maltese medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
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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The elections were conte ...
and again in the
2013 Maltese general election representing the 12th district.
He was previously a member of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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The Assembly is made up o ...
from 2003 to 2004.
Party affiliation
He is a member of the
Partit Nazzjonalista
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It is a Christian-democratic, and conservative political party, and it has been also described ...
.
Family background
He is the younger brother of former Prime Minister
Lawrence Gonzi
Lawrence Gonzi, (born 1 July 1953) is a Maltese people, Maltese politician, retired Nationalist Party (Malta), Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime M ...
and a grandnephew of late Archbishop of the Diocese of Malta
Mikiel Gonzi
Sir Michael Count Gonzi, (born Mikiel Gonzi: 13 May 1885 – 22 January 1984), was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Malta from 1944 until 1976. He had been enthroned as Bishop of Malta in December 1943, and was consecrated as the first Archbisho ...
.
See also
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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