Mario de Marco
Name: Hon. Mario De Marco
Years active: 2003-
Party: The Nationalist Party
Roles
Member of: House Business Committee and Economic and Financial Affairs Committee
- Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Environment and Culture: 2008
- Minister for Tourism, the Environment and Culture: 2012-2013
- Nationalist deputy leader for parliamentary affairs : 2013
Education
De Marco attended the St. Aloysius College and the Cambridge University, UK, where he graduated in International Commercal Law. In these years he was nominated a Commonwealth Scholar for Academic Achievement. He specialized in Commercial Law and also in Fundamental Human Rights. He is Commercial Law lecturer at the University of Malta.
History
He was nominated as Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary House Committee in the House of Representatives in the 2003-2008 parliamentary term. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for European and Foreign Affairs. During the general election in March 2008 he was appointed as member of the Cabinet, as Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, within Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's office. In January 2012, he was elected Minister for Environment, Tourism and Culture. During the March 2013 general election he was re-elected to parliament and was appointed as the Nationalist deputy leader for parliamentary affairs in May that year.
