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Born in Valletta, the son of Emmanuele De Marco and Giovanna née Raniolo, Guido was educated at St Aloysius College and the Royal University of Malta (RUM) where he graduated NP (1951), BA in philosophy, economics, and Italian (1952), and LLD (1955). In 1967 he was appointed lecturer and later professor of criminal law at the UM. He was defence counsel in several cases involving human rights.

Active in politics since his student days when he set up a PN committee at the RUM, De Marco was also the editor of Encounter and The Leader, organs of the Nationalist youth movement. He was elected president of the SRC in 1953 and in the same year he organised the first National Congress of Maltese Students.

In 1964 de Marco was appointed crown counsel at the crown advocate general’s office, a post he relinquished two years later to contest successfully the 1966 elections in the interests of the PN and he was returned to parliament in all general elections up to 1998.

DeMarco always contested the 1st district, which comprises Valletta, and the 7th, 8th or 10th districts. In 1966 (812 1st district and 2,449 8th district), in 1971 (1542 1st and 3,213 8th district), in 1976 (2,417 1st and 2,631 7th), in 1981 (3,215 1st and 3,561 7th), in 1987 (3,891 1st and 3,699 7th), in 1992 ( 2,125 1st), in 1996 (2,975 1st and 3,104 10th), and in 1998 (3,228 1st and 2,815 10th).

He was the PN’s parliament spokesman on justice, parliamentary affairs, and human rights since 1973. From 1972-1977, he was the PN’s secretary general and later deputy leader (1977-1998).

De Marco was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of the interior and justice in 1987, and minister of foreign affairs and justice in 1990 and presented Malta’s application for membership of the EU at Brussels in July 1990. Appointed deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs after the 1998 PN electoral victory, on 11 September 1998 he presented Malta’s request for the reactivation of its application for membership to the EU.

De Marco held the post of foreign minister until April 1999, when he was elected President of Malta on 4 April, and served as President till April 2004.

De Marco represented the Maltese parliament in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly for almost 20 years.

Guido de Marco was a Maltese politician who serves as the sixth president of Malta from 1999 to 2004. He also served as deputy prime minister, minister of the interior and justice, and minister for foreign affairs. He was elected President of the 45th session of the United Nations General Assemebly in 1990 and Chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation in 2004.

Dr Edward Fenech Adami was elected President of the Republic on 4th April 2004.

Dr Fenech Adami was born in 1934, the son of a customs officer. He was educated at the Jesuits College and the University of Malta, where he first studied economics and the classics and later law. He was called to the bar in 1959.

Dr Fenech Adami joined the Christian Democratic Nationalist Party (PN) in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation as a reserved but determined and capable constituency official. He entered parliament in 1969 and in 1977, less than ten years later, after having served in a number of senior party posts, including president of the Administrative and General Councils, he was elected party leader, succeeding Dr Giorgio Borg-Olivier.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who was Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's sixth prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. Henry Kissinger described her as an "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her tough personality.

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici was born in Bormla (Cospicua) on November 8, 1932. He was the youngest of Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici and Maria Ross’s three children. His siblings were Josette, who died at 11 months, and the late and lamented Professor Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici.

Ugo studied at St Edwards College, the Lyceum of Gozo and the University of Malta. He graduated B.A. and L.P. in 1952, and LL.D. in 1955.

As a lawyer, he has practised in all the Law Courts of Malta. On 3 May 1959, he married Gemma (née Bianco); the couple has three childrenː Carmelo, Anton and Jeanne-Pia.

In 1996, he contested the General Elections in the interests of the Nationalist Party. He was re-elected in all subsequent General Elections that he contested. For fifteen years (1972–1987) he was the Nationalist Party's spokesman for Education. In 1977 he was also elected President of the Party's General and Administrative Councils.

As a Member of Parliament, he took an active interest in the updating of Malta's legislation. He was a member of numerous Select Committees including the Committee set up to draft the Constitutional changes that declared Malta a Republic. As a Minister, he worked on the drafting of important legislation such as the Education Act, the Environment Act, the National Archives Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Promotion Act. He made a strong effort to improve the standards at public schools.

He was inaugurated as President of Malta on 4 April 1994 and served his term in full (till 1990), ending five years later to the day.
Dr. Mifsud Bonnici is also a prolific writer. His articles have appeared in various newspapers; some were published in two books: Il-Linja t-Tajba - L-Aħjar Artikli ta' Dottor Ugo Mifsud Bonnici and Biex il-Futur Reġa' Beda. He also spent some years as editor of a literary magazine Malta Letterarja.

6th August 1916 – Born in Cospicua toLaurence and Concetta nee Farrugia
1939 - Awarded a Rhodes scholarship where he obtained his qualifications in science and engineering which included MA, BSc and BE&A, A&CE
1935 – Assistant Secretary of the Cospicua Labour Party
1935 – 1937; 1944 – Served as General Secretary of the Labour Party
1945 – Contested the general electrions for the Council of Government
1947 – 1949 – Appointed Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction
1947 – Led delegations to London regarding the Marshall Aid
1947 – Married Moira Bentinck
1949 – Mintoff became the leader of the Malta Labour Party
1950 – 1996 – Contested all general elections
1953 – 1955 – Editor of The Knight
1955 – Became Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and led a delegation to discuss the question of integration
1958 – Resigned in protest against the Britishand led the Maltese Liberation Movement
1958 – Led a delegation to London to discuss the re-introduction of self-government
1962 – 1971 – Became Leader of Opposition, in light of the MLP’s dispute with the Church
1971 – Removed Sir Maurice Dorman from governor-general and appointed Sir Anthony Mamo instead
1971 – Given the Order of the Republic of Libya
1973 – Given the Grand Cordon De l’Ordre de la Republique of Tunisia
1974 – Chose Mamo as the first president of the Republic of Malta
1978 – Given the Order of the Gran Cordon of Oissam Alaouite from Morocco
1979 – Ended the British military hold on Malta
1980 – Negotiated a protocol neutrality agreement with Italy
1984 - Resigned from Prime Minister and leader of the MLP but retained his parliamentary seat
1990 – Made Companion of the National Order of Merit (KUOM)
1998 – Mintoff voted against the Labour Government on a motion on the Cottonera development
2003 – Campaigned against Malta’s accession to the European Union
2008 – Awarded the Al-Qathafi Prize by the International Committee for the Al-Qathafi Award for Human Rights