Myriam Spiteri Debono
Myriam Spiteri Debono | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of Malta | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Abela |
| Preceded by | George Vella |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office September 1996 – October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Gonzi |
| Succeeded by | Anton Tabone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miriam Zammit 25 October 1952 Victoria, Gozo, Crown Colony of Malta |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Spiteri Debono |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Malta |
| Occupation | Politician |
Myriam Spiteri Debono[a] (born 25 October 1952)[1] is a Maltese politician who is the 11th and current President of Malta since 2024. 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, and the first woman to hold the position.[4]
Early life
[change | change source]Spiteri Debono was born in Victoria, Gozo.[5] She studied at the University of Malta, where she studied English Literature and Linguistics. She founded the Socialist Students Union.[6][7]
Presidency
[change | change source]On 21 March 2024, Spiteri Debono was seen as the front-runner to be appointed President of the Republic of Malta.[8][9][10] Malta's House of Representatives voted unanimously to elect Spiteri Debono as Malta’s 11th President on 27 March 2024, becoming the first president to be elected using the new constitutional reforms of 2020.[7]
Spiteri Debono is the third woman to serve as President of Malta, after Agatha Barbara and Marie Louise Coleiro Preca.[11]
Personal life
[change | change source]Spiteri Debono is a technophobe and owns a flip phone while liking to have her letters read to and responded by an assistant, leaving emails about her duties to an email address in her husband's name.[12]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ also known as Miriam Spiteri Debono
References
[change | change source]- ↑ MIN HI MYRIAM SPITERI DEBONO (in Maltese)
- ↑ "Parlament Ta' Malta". www.parlament.mt. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "Parliament's Standing Orders 'only stencilled papers' - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "Kristy Debono to chair this evening's plenary session". Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ Sciberras, Clara (2024-04-05). "Watch: 'Don't Put Your Trust In Princes' - Malta's New President Shares Late Father's Words Of Wisdom". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ↑ Meilak, Nicole. "Who is Myriam Spiteri Debono, the former Speaker set to become the next President?". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Magri, Giulia (2024-03-27). "Parliament Unanimously Approves Myriam Spiteri Debono as Malta's next President". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ Grech, Herman (2024-03-21). "Myriam Spiteri Debono is frontrunner to become next President of the Republic". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ↑ Sansone, Kurt. "Myriam Spiteri Debono could be the next president". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ↑ Arena, Jessica (2024-03-26). "Government and Opposition in agreement on Presidential picks". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ↑ Teuma, Owen (27 March 2024). "Id-deputati kollha tal-Parlament jivvutaw favur Myriam Spiteri Debono bħala President".
- ↑ Zammit, Mark Lawrence (2024-04-07). "Watch: President: 'We're slowly losing the sense of what's right and wrong'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
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