Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

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Preceded byĊensu Tabone
Succeeded byGuido de Marco
Personal details
Born (1932-11-08) 8 November 1932 (age 91)
Cospicua, British Malta
Political partyPartit Nazzjonalista
SpouseGemma Bianco (1959–present)
Children3
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Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, KUOM (born 8 November 1932) is a Maltese politician and was the fifth president of Malta from 1994 to 1999.

Early life, education and family

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici was born in

Doctor of Laws 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.[1]

Entry to politics

Following in his father's footsteps, he contested the

Vittoriosa, Senglea, Kalkara and Fgura. 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.[1]

Member of the Cabinet

In 1987, the Nationalist Party was elected to Government and Bonnici was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Education.

Interior. Following the 1992 elections, Mifsud Bonnici was appointed Minister of Education and Human Resources.[1]

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

Occupational Health and Safety Promotion Act. He made a strong effort to improve the standards at public schools.[3]

Presidency

He was inaugurated as President of Malta on 4 April 1994, and served his term in full, ending five years later to the day. He was succeeded by Guido de Marco in 1999.

Writings

Dr. Mifsud Bonnici is 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.[4] He also spent some years as editor of a literary magazine Malta Letterarja.[5][6]

Honours

National Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Profile of Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
  2. ^ Sammut, Austin (15 May 1987). "Defeated Malta leader has heart attack as new Cabinet is sworn in". The Times.
  3. ^ Grima, Godfrey (10 March 1988). "Malta 3; High Technology Bid". The Financial Times.
  4. ^ http://www.aboutmalta.com/grazio/pres.html
  5. ^ Profile, 2 Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Profile, 3
Political offices
Preceded by President of Malta
1994–1999 		Succeeded by
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