Michael Gonzi is a Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 medical doctor and politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

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Political role

He was elected to the House of Representatives of Malta

House of Representatives of Malta

The House of Representatives is the unicameral legislature of Malta and a component of the Parliament of Malta.The House is composed of an odd number of members elected for a five year term...

 in the Maltese general election, 2008

Maltese general election, 2008

The latest Maltese general election for the renewal of the House of Representatives of Malta was held on March 8, 2008. The incumbent ruling party the Christian democratic Nationalist Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, narrowly won over the social democratic Malta Labour Party led by...

 representing the 12th district. He was previously a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, can be considered the oldest international parliamentary assembly with a pluralistic composition of democratically elected members of parliament established on the basis of an...

 from 2003 to 2004.

Party affiliation

He is a member of the Partit Nazzjonalista. This party was the ruling party of government as of 2008.

Family background

He is the younger brother of Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi

Lawrence Gonzi

Lawrence Gonzi is a Maltese politician who has been Prime Minister of Malta since 2004. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta from 1988 to 1996, Minister of Social Policy from 1998 to 1999, and Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2004...

 and a nephew of late Archbishop of the Diocese of Malta Mgr. Mikiel Gonzi

Mikiel Gonzi

Monsignor Sir Michael Gonzi, KBE, DD was Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Malta...

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