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. Paul John Balban is a

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, State Registered

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and former

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. He was first elected to the

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at the 2011 general elections and is now a Gibraltar Government Minister, member of the

Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social-democratic political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based in the trade union movement, as its founder and former lea ...

(GSLP). He is married and has three daughters.

Biography

Paul Balban is married to wife Gina and has three daughters. For many years, Balban has worked as a

in Gibraltar, and was

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of the Gibraltar Taxi Association Committee. He studied

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and also has a

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Dietetics A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of ...

from

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. He later became a State Registered Dietitian, practicing at Central Clinic, in Horse Barrack Lane, Gibraltar.

Political career

Balban was nominated for the GSLP Executive in February 2007, and was one of the ten GSLP-

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candidates to contest the general elections that year, but failed to be elected as one of the seventeen

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. He was elected into government following the general elections of 2011 with 8,281 votes. The newly elected

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, appointed Balban as ''Minister for Traffic, Health and Safety and Technical Services''.

References

External links

Paul Balban – Government of Gibraltar offic

al site
Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Oxford Brookes University Government ministers of Gibraltar Health ministers of Gibraltar Transport ministers of Gibraltar Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party politicians Gibraltarian taxi drivers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Gibraltar-politician-stub