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Albert Ganado was born in Valletta on the 9th of March 1924, to parents Judge Dr Roberto Federico and Marija nee’ Vassallo. He started his studies at St Joseph High School, Lyceum and University of Malta where he obtained his B.A. (1943) and LL.D. (1946).

In 1947 he obtained his warrant and was able to practice as a lawyer. In 1954 he was nominated to act as a Magistrate for the Maltese courts and between 1962-1963, he became the president of the Guild of Graduates. During the same time, between 1960-1963 he was nominated as an examiner of Maltese Constitutional History by the Royal University of Malta. Ganado was also involved in politics; he was a member of the executive committee of the Malta Nationalist Party where he attended the Round Table Conference in London as one of the delegates (1955). In 1956 he was assigned the role of assistant secretary, however he resigned from this political party in 1959. In 1955 he was the co-founder of ‘Zghaghah Nazzjonalisti’, whilst serving as a president for the same movement between 1955-1959. In 1959 he was declared as the honorary president of the same movement. In 1958 he was a compromiser for the Democratic Nationalist Party, in 1959 he was elected as the vice-president and from 1960 he was the secretary general for the same party.

In 1963, Ganado attended the Malta Independence Conference in London as an advisor for the party. Albert Ganado was also a social activist; he was the co-founder of the Malta Historical Society (1950), the treasurer (1951-1957) and a committee member twice in 1960 and 1963. On numerous occasions he was a committee member of the Chamber of Lawyers. He was also a co-founder and member of the St Paul Apologetic Circle, where he engage in multiple conferences about catholic apologies in many Maltese towns and villages. Moreover, he conducted a course about Constitutional law for the Social Action Movement (Movument Azzjoni Socjali) twice, and in 1962 he presented lectures about Maltese History to German students at the Royal University of Malta.

He is also a collector of Maltese artifacts mainly books, manuscripts, maps and photos.