Giovanna Debono

Giovanna Debono (born November 25, 1956 in Victoria , Gozo ) is a Maltese politician for the Nationalist Party (until 2015) and Minister for Gozo from 1998 to 2013.

biography

Giovanna Debono is the daughter of Coronato Attard , who was a member of the PN in the House of Representatives from 1962 to 1987 . After attending school, she herself completed a teaching degree at the University of Malta , which she completed in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Education). She then worked as a teacher until 1987.

Ms. Debono began her political career in 1987 when she was first elected member of the House of Representatives as a candidate for the Partit Nazzjonalista . In the elections in 1992 , 1996 , 1998 , 2003 and 2008 she was re-elected as a member of parliament. Since 1987 she has represented constituency 13 , which includes Gozo and Comino , in parliament .

On April 17, 1995, she was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Development by Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami and held this position until the Partit Nazzjonalista was defeated in October 1996. In this capacity, she attended the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 part.

After the PN electoral victory again, she appointed Prime Minister Fenech Adami to his cabinet as Minister for Gozo on September 8, 1998 . She then took over this office under his successor Lawrence Gonzi , who has been Prime Minister since March 23, 2004. This makes her the second female minister in Gonzi's government, alongside the Minister for Education and Culture, Dolores Cristina .

As Minister for Gozo, especially after Malta's accession to the European Union , she is committed to solving the island's particular problems, for example by promoting traditional wind-powered water pumps, but also for treating biodegradable waste. Among other things, it also supports projects in tourism, such as for divers .

In the parliamentary election on March 8, 2008 , she achieved more votes than Prime Minister Gonzi, Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg or Finance and Economics Minister Tonio Fenech with 5,633 votes in her constituency .

Talk

• "Landscape Architecture Proposals for Gozo", April 19, 2004 (PDF file; 483 kB)

swell

• Biography on the homepage of the Department of Information
• Composition of the Maltese Parliament from 1921 to 2008
• Malta Elections: Candidate List, Part 2: Craig to Mintoff

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fourth World Conference on Women
2. ↑ Cabinet Gonzi  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ "Gender equality in Parliament", TIMES OF MALTA February 19, 2009 ( Memento of the original of February 27, 2009 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.  
4. ↑ "A truly unique island", MALTA TODAY March 24, 2002 ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2005 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.  
5. ^ "The Changing of the Guard", MALTA TODAY September 16, 2007
6. ↑ "Gozo Minister grilled at eco Iceland project launch," TIMES OF MALTA 12 July 2008
7. ^ "Restoration of the wind-powered water pump design", GOZO NEWS May 15, 2009
8. ↑ "Eco-Recycling in Gozo", COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL 23 January 2009
9. ↑ "Two new attractions richer Gozo! Two new wrecks make Gozo even more attractive for divers", UNDERWATER WORLD August 2006 ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2010 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. 
10. ^ "More PN, MLP candidates elected", MALTA MEDIA NEWS March 10, 2008