Joe Debono Grech
Joe Debono Grech | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 1966 – 03 June 2017 | |
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Affairs | |
In office 1987–1992 | |
Succeeded by | George Abela |
Personal details | |
Born | Member of Parliament | September 17, 1939
Joe Debono Grech (born 17 September 1939) was a
Political life
Joseph Debono Grech started off in the Labour Party in 1959 both as a Secretary and also as a president of several branches of the party. In 1959 he was one of the founders of the ‘Brigata Laburista’. In 1967 he was appointed secretary of the Labour Youths and the representative in the bureau of I.U.S.Y. for the same committee. In 1969 he was elected Deputy Leader for party affairs. He contested the general elections for the first time in 1966 on the 13th and 8th district. He was elected in the Maltese Parliament in 1966 and in all subsequent elections until 2013.
In 1983 he was appointed
For many years he represented the Union in Gozo. He was a representative of the Labour Party in the Council of Europe and also a member of the Socialist Bureau in the Council of Europe, since 1998. He has been a member of the National Executive committee of the party since 1960.
References
- ^ "Labour's fiery veteran". Malta Today. 16 September 2001. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.