Guido de Marco

Guido de Marco 2003 in Cospicua

Guido de Marco (born July 22, 1931 in Valletta , † August 12, 2010 in Msida ) was a Maltese politician. In 1990 he was President of the General Assembly of the United Nations . From 1999 to 2004 he was the President of Malta.

Studies and political career

Until 1952, studied de Marco philosophy, economics and Italian, in 1955 he became a doctor of law doctorate , later he was a professor of criminal law at the University of Malta . In 1966 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the National Conservative Party of Malta (PN) , to which he was a permanent member until 1999. In 1972 the PN appointed him its general secretary, in 1977 he became deputy party leader. In the 1987 government, he held the offices of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Justice. In 1990 he became foreign minister. On September 18 of the same year, the UN General Assembly elected him President for the 45th session until 1991.

After losing government power in October 1996, he remained Foreign Minister in the PN's shadow cabinet . After regaining government power in 1998, he also received this office, and he was again vice-premier.

Guido de Marco has worked as foreign minister, but also as minister of justice and the interior, in many international bodies and conferences, including at the United Nations and at OSCE conferences. In 1990 he applied for Malta's membership in the European Union . He also campaigned for Malta's increased participation in other international organizations. He started various diplomatic initiatives internationally. For example, he proposed a new role for the UN Trusteeship Council and a strengthening of the UN General Assembly. In general, de Marco advocated an intensified dialogue between states and international organizations. He strengthened Malta's participation in many organizations.

President of Malta

Monument to Guido de Marco in Valletta

On April 4, 1999, he was elected President to succeed Ugo Mifsud Bonniċi . He held this office until the end of his five-year term; re-election is not permitted under the Maltese Constitution . Edward Fenech Adami was chosen as his successor .

Honors

• 1994: Companion of the National Order of Merit
• 1995: Grand Cross of the Papal Order of Pius
• 2000: Collane of the Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi
• 2001: Special level of the Grand Cross of the Federal Cross of Merit
• 2004: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2009: Orden de Isabel la Católica

Web links

Commons : Guido de Marco  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Curriculum vitae on the United Nations website. Retrieved July 19, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ In: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 87 (1995), No. 8, p. 739.