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Myriam Spiteri Debono. Myriam Spiteri Debono[a] (born 25 October 1952) [1] is a Maltese politician who is the 11th and current President of Malta. She is the first Gozitan woman to be elected to the position. She was also the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta [2][3] from 1996 to 1998, the first woman to hold that position.
List of presidents of Malta at San Anton Palace seen in 2014. The president of Malta (Maltese: President ta' Malta) is the constitutional head of state of Malta. The president is indirectly elected by the House of Representatives of Malta, which appoints the president for a five-year term and requires them to swear an oath to "preserve, protect ...
The islands of the archipelago lie on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high points of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa that became isolated as sea levels rose after the last ice age. [152] The archipelago is located on the African tectonic plate. [153] [154] Malta was considered an island of North Africa for ...
This article lists the heads of state of Malta, from independence as the State of Malta in 1964 to present.. From 1964 to 1974, Malta was a Commonwealth realm and its head of state under the Constitution of Malta was the queen of Malta, Elizabeth II – who was also simultaneously the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
Members of the Parliament of Malta voted in an indirect election to elect the next President of Malta with former parliament speaker Myriam Spiteri Debono being the only nominee. [1] Spiteri Debono's nomination was supported by both the governing Labour Party and opposition Nationalist Party and she was elected unanimously in a 75–0 vote out ...
Prince Edward and Sophie were welcomed to Malta by President Myriam Spiteri Debono on Oct. 7, and other outings they have made so far include a wreath-laying to honor lives lost in World War II ...
The politics of Malta takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Malta is the constitutional head of state. Executive authority is vested in the president of Malta, with the general direction and control of the Government of Malta remaining with the prime minister of Malta, who ...
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