Michael Frendo
Michael Frendo | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of The House of Representatives of Malta | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office July 2004 – March 2008 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office March 2004 – July 2004 | |
| Minister for Transport, Communications and Technology | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| Minister for Youth and Arts | |
| In office 1992–1994 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Culture and Consumer Protection | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day |
| Political party | PN |
| Spouse | Irene nee Brincat |
| Children | Luke Sara Julia. |
Michael Frendo (born July 29, 1955[1]) is a Maltese politician and is currently the Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Maltese Parliament, having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta between 2004-2008. He has held various other Ministerial responsibilities.
Biography
Frendo was first elected to the House of Representatives of Malta in 1987 and has been re-elected in elections in 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2003. In 2008 he lost his parliamentary seat but was re-elected in a casual election on 17 April 2008 after Cabinet had already been formed. From 1990 to 1992 he was Minister of State (Parliamentary Secretary) for Youth, Culture and Consumer Protection. From 1992 to 1994 he was Minister of Youth and Arts. From 1994 to 1996 he was Minister of Transport, Communications and Technology. He was Parliamentary Secretary (Minister of State) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from March to July 2004 before becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs on July 3, 2004,[1] replacing John Dalli. Michael Frendo has been a member of the European Convention on the Future of Europe and a signatory to its Draft Constitutional Treaty, as well as a signatory to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and to the Treaty of Lisbon which superseded it and which is came into force on the 1st December 2009. The only other person in Europe who is a signatory to all three documents leading to the new constitutional framework of the European Union is EU Commissioner and former Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht. In April 2010 he was nominated as Speaker of the House of Representatives, succeeding Louis Galea, who resigned office after being appointed as the Maltese representative in the European Court of Auditors.
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