Emmanuel Attard Bezzina
Emmanuel Attard Bezzina was a Maltese politician for the Malta Labor Party (MLP) and Speaker of the House .
biography
Attard Bezzina began his political career when he was elected member of the House of Representatives for the first time in the 1947 election as a candidate for the Malta Labor Party (MLP) , in which he represented constituency 3 . In the elections in 1950 , 1951 , 1953 , 1955 , 1962 and 1966 he was re-elected as a member of parliament, the last of which he represented constituency 4 in parliament.
In June 1971 he was elected to succeed Alfred Bonnici as Speaker of the House , making him the first parliamentary speaker to be appointed by the Labor Party after Malta's independence in 1964. In September 1976, Nestu Laiviera followed him as Speaker of the House.
After leaving parliament, he served as ambassador between 1976 and 1985 .
Web links
- Composition of the Maltese Parliament from 1921 to 2003
- Former Speakers of the House of Representatives (English)
- Famous Bezzina ( Memento from February 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malta Election Results 1951 ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Leaders of Malta (Republic of Malta)
- ↑ Maltese Ministries, etc.
- ↑ Resignations from Parliament ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Attard Bezzina, Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Speaker of the Parliament of Malta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |