Mario de Marco

The Honourable
 Mario de Marco MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, The Environment and Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 12, 2008
Personal details
Born 18 October 1965 (1965-10-18) (age 46)
Malta
Political party Partit Nazzjonalista
Religion Roman Catholic

Mario de Marco (born October 18, 1965) is a Maltese politician and academic. He is the son of former President Guido de Marco.

Academic career

De Marco studied at St Aloysius' College and at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, where he graduated in International Commercial Law.

While there he was nominated a Commonwealth Scholar for Academic Achievement. As well as specializing in Commercial Law he also specialized in Fundamental Human Rights. He is Commercial Law lecturer at the University of Malta.

Member of Parliament

In the 2003-2008 parliamentary term, he was nominated as Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary House Committee in the House of Representatives. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for European and Foreign Affairs.

Following the March 2008 general election, he was appointed as member of the Cabinet, as Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, within Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's office.[1]

References

  1. ^ Busuttil, Cynthia (15 March 2008). "Hotels hail tourism results, warn against complacency". Times of Malta. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080315/local/hotels-hail-tourism-results-warn-against-complacency. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 
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