Myriam Spiteri Debono

Myriam Spiteri Debono (* 1952 ) is a Maltese politician for the Malta Labor Party (MLP) and was the first and so far only Speaker of the House .

Life

Mrs Spiteri Debono graduated after school at the Agius de Soldani Girls' School to study law and later as a notary act (Notary Public).

In 1987, 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2003 she applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Representatives as a candidate for the Malta Labor Party (MLP). At times she was chairwoman of the MLP women's association. In October 1996, however, she succeeded Lawrence Gonzi as Speaker of the House and thus became the first and so far only President of the Maltese Parliament. In October 1998 she was followed by Anton Tabone as Speaker of the House.

In the early parliamentary elections on September 5, 1998, which led to the election of Prime Minister Alfred Sant's government , she received only 38 votes as a candidate for MLP in constituency 1 and thus only the sixth-best result of the MLP candidates in this district. At the same time, she ran for constituency 8 , but also received only 80 votes and the fourth-best result and was thus again not elected as a member of parliament.

After the founding of the press - Ethics -Commission of the Malta Press Club it was in January 1999 the first female president. In this office she was followed in 2001 by the former President of the Supreme Court, Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici.

In the 2003 elections, she received only 40 votes in the 1st constituency and only 58 votes in the 8th constituency, thus failing again as a candidate for a seat in parliament. She only took 67th place on the MLP's electoral list.

In January 2004 she became a member of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality of Men and Women. Most recently, she was appointed as a member of the Officers of the Orders and Members of the Nominations Committee , which is chaired by President George Abela .

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• Composition of the Maltese Parliament from 1921 to 2003 ( Memento from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version from June 16, 2011)
• SPEAKERS of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ( Memento of July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Famous Spiteri
• Famous Debono
• Malta Elections: Candidate List, Part 3: Mizzi to Zrinzo
• "Myriam Spiteri Debono on party problems", YOUTUBE

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Agius de Soldanis Girls' School-Famous past pupils ( Memento of the original from November 20, 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. 
2. ↑ Women's Shares of Candidacies and Legislative Seats ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 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. 
3. ↑ Women Candidates in Maltese Elections, 1947–2008 ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 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. 
4. ↑ "Gender equality in Parliament", TIMES OF MALTA February 19, 2009 ( Memento of the original from 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. 
5. ↑ Leaders of Malta (Republic of Malta)
6. ↑ Maltese Ministries, etc.
7. ↑ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1998
8. ^ The Malta Press Club announces the Setting up of the Press Ethics Commission . ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 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. 
9. ↑ Press Ethics Commission - Malta ( Memento of the original of July 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION OF April 12, 2003
11. ↑ GENERAL ELECTIONS '2003: 12th April 2003. LISTS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MALTESE PARLIAMENT ( Memento of November 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ National Commission for the Promotion of Equality of Men and Women ( Flash ; 348 kB)
13. ↑ Homepage of the Ministry of Social Policy-National Commission for the Promotion of Equality ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 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. 
14. ^ Officers of the Orders and Members of the Nominations Committee