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− | + | === Opposition Leader === | |
[[File:BusuttilS.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left]] | [[File:BusuttilS.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left]] | ||
+ | '''Name''': Hon. Simon Busuttil | ||
− | + | '''Years active''': 2013- | |
− | + | '''Party''': The Nationalist Party | |
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− | + | '''Address''': PN Headquarters | |
− | + | === Roles === | |
+ | *Adviser on EU Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
+ | *Minister of Education | ||
+ | *Minister for the Environment (1996-2004) | ||
+ | *Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (1999-2003) | ||
+ | *Member of the European Parliament from Malta from 2004 through 2013 | ||
+ | *Opposition Leader 2012- | ||
− | + | === Education === | |
+ | He became a Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 1993. He got a MA in European Studies from the University of Sussex,UK in 1994. He became a Magister Juris in International Law from the University of Malta in 1995. | ||
− | == | + | === History === |
− | Simon Busuttil | + | Simon Busuttil is the Leader of the Opposition in Malta and Leader of the Nationalist Party of Malta. He was a Member of the European Parliament from Malta from 2004 through 2013. A lawyer by profession, he specialised in European Affairs and has followed EU affairs since 1994. As a MEP he led the European People's Party (EPP) in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and covers issues that include the common European immigration and asylum policy. In June 2009, he was re-elected to the European Parliament with a record 28% of the national vote (68,792 votes), the highest percentage score in the EU. |
+ | In 2012 he was elected Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party. In the 2013 election, he was elected an MP of the Maltese Parliament. | ||
+ | Other roles he hold are: | ||
+ | *Partner, Ganado Sammut Advocates (1997- 2010); | ||
+ | *Founding Director of Europa Research and Consultancy Services Ltd (1995- ); | ||
+ | *Visiting lecturer at the Department of European and Comparative Law (Faculty of Law) and the European Documentation and Research Centre at the University of Malta (1997-2004); | ||
+ | *Adviser on EU Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; | ||
+ | *Minister of Education; | ||
+ | *Minister for the Environment (1996-2004); | ||
+ | *Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (responsible for the Maltese Government's EU communications strategy ahead of the EU referendum) (1999-2003); | ||
+ | *Member of Malta's Core Negotiating Group for EU accession negotiations (1999-2003). | ||
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− | == External Links | + | == External Links and References == |
* [http://www.parlament.mt/busuttil-simon www.parlament.mt - Simon Busuttil MP] | * [http://www.parlament.mt/busuttil-simon www.parlament.mt - Simon Busuttil MP] | ||
* [http://www.simonbusuttil.eu Simon Busuttil's Personal Website] | * [http://www.simonbusuttil.eu Simon Busuttil's Personal Website] | ||
[[Category:Maltese Politicians]] | [[Category:Maltese Politicians]] | ||
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